Kilmacolm Old Kirk, High Street, Kilmacolm is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.

Kilmacolm Old Kirk, High Street, Kilmacolm

WRENN ID
plain-cobble-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Church
Address
Kilmacolm Old Kirk, High Street, Kilmacolm, PA13 4BP
OS grid reference
NS 358 699
Coordinates
55.89494, -4.62686
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilmacolm Old Kirk is a Gothic Revival church located on High Street in Kilmacolm. The building features roughcast walls with stone dressings and includes a battletower, as well as a circular, slated tower at the southeast. The chancel, which dates back to the 13th century, has been incorporated as a vestry. The church was originally built between 1830 and 1831 by architect James Dempster from Greenock in the 1st pointed Gothic style using rubble. It was enlarged and recast in 1902.

Local climate

Kilmacolm Old Kirk, High Street, Kilmacolm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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