St Modan's Church, Cochrane Avenue, Falkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Church. 2 related planning applications.

St Modan's Church, Cochrane Avenue, Falkirk

WRENN ID
tired-tin-hawk
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 October 1972
Type
Church
Address
St Modan's Church, Cochrane Avenue, Falkirk, FK1 1JN
OS grid reference
NS 887 796
Coordinates
55.99679, -3.78597
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Modan's Church, built between 1914 and 1915, is a Romanesque structure located on Cochrane Avenue in Falkirk. The church features a nave oriented north-south, with three arched windows in the south gable. It has three bay aisles, with the south gables set back, and a southwest porch. Additionally, there are three bay side chapels, an apse to the chancel, and a northwest chapel. The exterior is constructed of snecked rubble with ashlar dressings.

Local climate

St Modan's Church, Cochrane Avenue, 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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