Cockpen Old Parish Church, Burial Ground is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971.

Cockpen Old Parish Church, Burial Ground

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
OS grid reference
NT 326 633
Coordinates
55.85856, -3.07714
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The burial ground at Cockpen Old Parish Church is enclosed by a coped sandstone rubble wall. A gateway is located on the north side, featuring long and short stugged dressings and an iron gate. The burial ground contains several 18th-century headstones. The church itself is a Scheduled Monument (No. 1186) and is excluded from this listing. Records associated with the burial ground, including church and heritors' records, are held at the National Archives of Scotland. Historical accounts of the parish and local area, dating back to 1881 and 1955, provide further context. An Ordnance Survey map from 1854 depicts the area.

Local climate

Cockpen Old Parish Church, Burial Ground receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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