Neilston Parish Church, Main Street, Neilston is a Grade B listed building in the East Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.

Neilston Parish Church, Main Street, Neilston

WRENN ID
dusk-marble-rye
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Renfrewshire
Constituency
East Renfrewshire MP: Blair McDougall (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Church
Address
Neilston Parish Church, Main Street, Neilston, G78 3NL
OS grid reference
NS 480 573
Coordinates
55.78561, -4.42534
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Neilston Parish Church is a typically severe church from the mid-18th century. It features a central front tower with an ogee-shaped roof, dating from around 1762, with additions made in 1798 and later. There is one window that originates from an earlier 17th-century church. Near the entrance gate, there is a circular mort-house dated "1817". Additionally, there is a recent circular gate-house.

Local climate

Neilston Parish Church, Main Street, Neilston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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