Churchyard, Falkirk Old Parish Church, High Street, Falkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Churchyard. 4 related planning applications.
Churchyard, Falkirk Old Parish Church, High Street, Falkirk
- WRENN ID
- pitched-kitchen-torch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1972
- Type
- Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- NS 887 799
- Coordinates
- 55.99986, -3.78557
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard of Falkirk Old Parish Church features a notable small collection of monuments, primarily including:
a) A monument to Sir John de Graham, who was killed at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298. This monument was rebuilt by William Graham of Airth in 1773 and renewed with gothic ironwork, including an arched crown top, in 1860. It is a composite monument that includes a worn medieval effigy and other earlier fragments.
b) A slab commemorating Sir John Stewart of Bunkle, dating from the 13th century, with an early 19th-century superscription.
c) A slab for Rev. Robert Callander, who died in 1686, featuring armorial details.
d) A gib table tomb from 1636, which was also renewed in 1773.
e) The Murehead Monument, dating from 1723, has an arched recess with effigies, an elaborate cartouche flanked by twisted columns, a segmental pediment, cherubs, and an acorn finial above.
f) A monument for Robert Monro of Foulis from 1848, which includes a plinth and sarcophagus with railings.
g) The Men of Bute Memorial, a Celtic Cross erected in 1877 by the Marquess of Bute to honor those killed in 1298.
h) A burial vault located at the northwest corner, built of small rubble, featuring a door and a pediment with an obliterated inscription pane at the south end, and a piended slated roof at the north end.
Local climate
Churchyard, Falkirk Old Parish Church, High Street, Falkirk 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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