Churchyard, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.

Churchyard, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns

WRENN ID
stony-groin-alder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1971
OS grid reference
NO 593 120
Coordinates
56.29932, -2.65918
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard surrounding Kingsbarns Parish Church contains rubble enclosing walls and square gatepiers, rebuilt in 1838 by Scott and Oswald. A notable 17th-century memorial, dated 1638, is embedded within the rubble wall. This memorial features funerary symbols, an inscribed panel, and a monogrammed shield. The churchyard also contains a small number of good 18th- and early 19th-century headstones, along with later Victorian and modern stones. The listing recognizes the churchyard’s group value and applies to both the interior and exterior as appropriate. The statutory address is Kingsbarns Parish Churchyard, The Square and Main Street.

Local climate

Churchyard, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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