Lindsay Vault, Churchyard, Ceres Parish Church, Kirk Brae, Ceres is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972. Chamber.

Lindsay Vault, Churchyard, Ceres Parish Church, Kirk Brae, Ceres

WRENN ID
silver-sentry-yew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 August 1972
Type
Chamber
OS grid reference
NO 399 116
Coordinates
56.29365, -2.97161
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lindsay Vault is a small chamber built of ashlar stone, dating from the 17th century. It was formerly attached to the previous church in the churchyard of Ceres Parish Church, located on Kirk Brae in Ceres. The vault features moulded door windows and an eaves course, and it has a stone slate roof with a bell-cast design. Inside, it contains tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Local climate

Lindsay Vault, Churchyard, Ceres Parish Church, Kirk Brae, Ceres receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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