Kilmany Parish Church is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973. 5 related planning applications.
Kilmany Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- proud-cobalt-clover
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1973
- Address
- Kilmany Parish Church, KY15 4PT
- OS grid reference
- NO 388 217
- Coordinates
- 56.38404, -2.99234
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilmany Parish Church is a rectangular church built in 1768 and remarkably unaltered since. The exterior is harled with margins, and features a birdcage bellcote on the west gable. The south wall has three round-arched windows, each with a keyblock. The central window is narrower, with a blocked minister’s door beneath it. A low, square-headed window is located on the west side, and an early 19th-century lean-to porch provides access on the east-west side of the building. The north wall has two square-headed windows, likely of the same date, and retains original glazing throughout.
Inside, there are lofts at both the east and west ends. A notable feature is the original oak pulpit, adorned with a Reconstructed Doric entablature and a sounding board supported by pilasters. The church was reseated in 1859 by Jack of Rathillet and repaired with advice from David Rhind between 1860 and 1861; the boarded ceiling probably dates from this period. Some fragments of 17th-century oak panelling are also present.
The church remains in ecclesiastical use. Reverend Thomas Chalmers ministered here from 1803 to 1815. It enjoys a picturesque setting.
Local climate
Kilmany Parish Church receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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