Churchyard, Glenelg Church is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Churchyard, Glenelg Church
- WRENN ID
- north-forge-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NG 812 192
- Coordinates
- 57.21165, -5.62409
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 18th-century church with subsequent repairs and alterations, situated within its own graveyard. The church itself is a simple rectangular building with harled walls, although the west gable is rendered to resemble ashlar. It has three windows on its south side, featuring later 19th-century glazing. A small, 18th-century bellcote in the form of a birdcage sits atop the west gable, and a stone cross marks the east end. The roof is slate-covered.
The graveyard is enclosed by rubble walls, with square rubble gate piers topped with stone finials. A notable feature is a late 17th or early 18th-century grave slab, alongside a variety of other grave markers from the 19th and 20th centuries. The church remains in ecclesiastical use. Repair works were carried out between 1821 and 1830, and the interior was re-designed in 1863 and again in 1929.
Local climate
Churchyard, Glenelg Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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