St Mary's Church, Church Of Scotland, Grey's Place, Lybster is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984. Church.

St Mary's Church, Church Of Scotland, Grey's Place, Lybster

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 November 1984
Type
Church
OS grid reference
ND 248 356
Coordinates
58.30278, -3.28475
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Mary's Church, a Church of Scotland located on Grey's Place in Lybster, was built in 1836. The church is constructed from coursed rubble, with the west gable rendered and lined to resemble ashlar. It features a pointed-headed entrance in the west gable, which includes a fanlight with intersecting tracery. This entrance is flanked by blind pointed-headed windows, with smaller similar windows above. The flanks of the church have three long windows, along with smaller gallery windows, all showcasing intersecting multi-pane glazing. At the apex of the west gable, there is a bellcote, and the church has a slate roof. The entrance is complemented by rubble gate piers that are flanked by cast-iron railings and a coped rubble wall enclosing the property. Inside, the gallery has been sealed off, and the ground floor has been cleared.

Local climate

St Mary's Church, Church Of Scotland, Grey's Place, Lybster 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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