Churchyard, Mauchline Old Church, Loudoun Street, Mauchline is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.

Churchyard, Mauchline Old Church, Loudoun Street, Mauchline

WRENN ID
second-stone-bistre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Address
Churchyard, Mauchline Old Church, Loudoun Street, Mauchline, KA5 5BA
OS grid reference
NS 498 272
Coordinates
55.51573, -4.37999
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Mauchline Old Church, built in 1829 and refurbished in 1882, features a tall square Gothic tower with pinnacles. The churchyard is the final resting place of some of Robert Burns' children and friends, including Gavin Hamilton, and it is also the setting for the poet's "Holy Fair." The church has a 1742 bell.

Local climate

Churchyard, Mauchline Old Church, Loudoun Street, Mauchline sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Mauchline Old Church, Loudoun Street, Mauchline Grade B 29 m
  2. Auld Nanse Tinnock's, 1 Castle Street, Mauchline Grade B 31 m
  3. 13, 15, 17 Loudoun Street, Mauchline Grade B 35 m
  4. Jean Armour Burn's House And Museum, 4 Castle Street, Mauchline Grade B 37 m
  5. Jean Armour Burn's House And Museum, 2 Castle Street, Mauchline Grade B 37 m
  6. Poosie Nansies House, 21 Loudoun Street, Mauchline Grade B 39 m
  7. Mauchline, Gavin Hamilton's House Grade A 48 m
  8. Mauchline, Mauchline Castle (Abbot Hunter's Tower) Grade A 56 m
  9. 3 High Street, Mauchline Grade B 75 m
  10. Summerhouse, Springfield, 25 Mansfield Road, Mauchline Grade B 189 m