Old Church And Churchyard, Castlehill, New Cumnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church ruins.
Old Church And Churchyard, Castlehill, New Cumnock
- WRENN ID
- burning-moat-azure
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Church ruins
- OS grid reference
- NS 617 137
- Coordinates
- 55.39825, -4.18468
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Church and Churchyard at Castlehill in New Cumnock dates back to 1657. The church has a T-shaped plan and features surviving Gothic windows.
Local climate
Old Church And Churchyard, Castlehill, New Cumnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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