Town Steeple, High Street, Falkirk is a Grade A listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Steeple. 3 related planning applications.

Town Steeple, High Street, Falkirk

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 October 1972
Type
Steeple
Address
Town Steeple, High Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NW
OS grid reference
NS 888 799
Coordinates
55.99923, -3.78418
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Town Steeple in Falkirk was designed by David Hamilton and constructed between 1813 and 1814. This classical structure stands 140 feet high and consists of four stages. The building is made of ashlar stone, although it has been extensively repaired with stucco.

The first stage features a two-storey design with channelled stonework. The second stage includes inset Greek Doric angle columns and an arched opening with a balustraded apron and a pediment. The third stage houses a clock and has splayed angles with panelled pilasters. The fourth stage is a belfry, which is octagonal and supported by Ionic columns, topped with an octagonal stone spire.

Originally, there was a four-storey building from 1802 to 1803 that included a ground floor shop and cells above, but this adjoining structure has since been removed. The steeple was damaged in 1927 and underwent repairs, including the rebuilding of the upper 30 feet of the spire.

Local climate

Town Steeple, 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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