Latheron Old Church Burial Ground. is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1971.

Latheron Old Church Burial Ground.

WRENN ID
hollow-gable-auburn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 April 1971
OS grid reference
ND 202 333
Coordinates
58.28124, -3.36185
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a T-plan church dating from 1734. The exterior is rendered with a stone facing, and features stone window surrounds. A squat, square tower was added in 1822, projecting from the north gable. A central porch is incorporated into the base of the tower. The tower rises to a square bellcote with a simple round-headed arch on each face. Angle pilasters support a facetted domed lead roof atop an octagonal base. Four windows are symmetrically arranged on the south elevation; single windows are found on the 1822 north wing, and in the east and west gables. The windows have 10 panes of glass, and the roof is covered in composite tiles.

The interior has been cleared and is now used as a Clan Gunn museum. An octagonal, panelled pulpit stands centrally on the south wall, with flanking staircases. Some bench seating and mural memorials remain.

The surrounding burial ground is enclosed by a drystone wall, with three rubble gatepiers marking the pedestrian and carriage entrances. It is densely populated with tombstones dating from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. A small, gabled rubble watch house is also present.

Important to note: the ground beneath Latheron Old Parish Church is designated a Scheduled Monument, known as 'Latheron Old Church & The Aisle' (Monument No 3295), and is therefore excluded from this listing. Archaeological remains of significance may survive both above and below ground.

The statutory address for this listed building is Latheron Old Parish Church and Burial Ground, excluding Scheduled Monument No 3295 'Latheron Old Church and The Aisle,' Latheron.

Local climate

Latheron Old Church Burial Ground. receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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