St Sophia's Roman Catholic Church, Bentinck Street, Galston is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church.
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Church, Bentinck Street, Galston
- WRENN ID
- tired-cupola-violet
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NS 502 365
- Coordinates
- 55.59912, -4.37772
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Church on Bentinck Street in Galston is a notable example of Byzantine style architecture. Constructed from red brick, the church features a prominent raised internal dome. It was built by the 3rd Marquess of Bute and completed in 1886, with the design attributed to architect Robert Weir Schultz.
Local climate
St Sophia's Roman Catholic Church, Bentinck Street, Galston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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