Larbert Old Church is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Larbert Old Church
- WRENN ID
- fallen-spire-bone
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Larbert Old Church, FK5 3AB
- OS grid reference
- NS 856 822
- Coordinates
- 56.01917, -3.83633
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Larbert Old Church, built in 1820 by Hamilton of Glasgow, is a Perpendicular Gothic structure with a rectangular plan and a ridge roof. The eastern window features painted glass rather than stained glass and there is a three-sided internal gallery. The church has a square bell tower adorned with four turrets.
In the churchyard, there is a brown marble fountain consisting of a shallow bowl on a turned circular plinth, decorated with animal head ornamentation near the base. A small plaque on the fountain reads, "Presented To Larbert Parish Church By J P Smith Esq JP October 1923."
The entrance is marked by chamfered sandstone gatepiers topped with crenellated polished ashlar caps, which support decorative cast-iron gas lamp fittings. The entrance features simple two-leaf wrought-iron gates and plain railings set in stone copes.
Local climate
Larbert Old Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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