Syre Church is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 July 1987.
Syre Church
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-belfry-sorrel
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- OS grid reference
- NC 693 439
- Coordinates
- 58.36427, -4.23464
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Syre Church is a late 19th century corrugated-iron church, notable as a good example of the material's use in construction. It has long, three-bay north and south elevations. The exterior is painted with contrasting margins. A small gabled porch is situated on the east gable, containing a centrally positioned, pointed-headed entrance. Pointed-headed windows with decorative leaded glazing are present in the side elevations. The roof is corrugated iron with simple cast-iron ridge brattishing and apex finials. The church is enclosed by a dry stone wall, and a granite monument stands on a stepped base nearby. The building remains in ecclesiastical use and is officially known as the Church of Scotland.
Local climate
Syre Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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