Kincardine Parish Church, Kincardine is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1971.
Kincardine Parish Church, Kincardine
- WRENN ID
- lesser-postern-vetch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 605 894
- Coordinates
- 57.87251, -4.35269
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1799 and likely designed by James Boag, Kincardine Parish Church is a simple rectangular church with alterations and repairs carried out by Alexander Maitland in 1862. The exterior is harled with tooled ashlar margins, exhibiting a symmetrical six-bay south elevation. Doors are located in the outer bays, and there are four windows, with the central pair being round-headed. A single window is present in the east gable. The windows contain multi-pane glazing. A later 19th-century bellcote sits at the west gable apex, topped with a weather vane, and the roof is slate covered. The interior contains no remaining interior fittings.
The surrounding burial ground is enclosed by a coped rubble wall, constructed in 1838. Within the burial ground are various interesting tombs and monuments, dating from the 17th century, including the Matheson burial enclosure of 1854. The church is no longer in ecclesiastical use. The parish formerly fell within Ross and Cromarty County. The initials "M A G" carved on the dated door lintel of the eastern bay likely represent Master Andrew Gallie, the Minister of Kincardine Parish in 1799, who held the degree of Master of Art from King’s College, Aberdeen.
Local climate
Kincardine Parish Church, Kincardine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 72 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 55 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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