St Mary's Parish Church, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch is a Grade B listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Church. 3 related planning applications.

St Mary's Parish Church, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch

WRENN ID
scattered-chancel-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Dunbartonshire
Constituency
Mid Dunbartonshire MP: Susan Murray (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
Church
Address
St Mary's Parish Church, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, G66 1JT
OS grid reference
NS 654 738
Coordinates
55.93918, -4.15527
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Mary's Parish Church, located on Cowgate in Kirkintilloch, was built between 1912 and 1914 based on the designs of the Glasgow architects Messrs. Clark and Bell. The church is notable for its striking pink sandstone construction and features a tall square tower that includes corner buttressing, pinnacles, and elements characteristic of "perpendicular" gothic architecture.

Local climate

St Mary's Parish Church, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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