Former Parish Church, Whiting Bay, Arran is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1995.

Former Parish Church, Whiting Bay, Arran

WRENN ID
fading-pediment-poplar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 August 1995
OS grid reference
NS 046 267
Coordinates
55.49505, -5.09405
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dated 1873, the former Parish Church is a rectangular, simple Gothic building in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. It is constructed of snecked cream rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof. The building features a base course, buttresses with finials, ashlar-coped skews, and a bellcote to the apex of the front gable. Tall, pointed windows are present, some retaining original Y-traceried border glazing.

The front elevation has a two-leaf panelled door in the centre, with a pointed fanlight, moulded doorpiece, and hoodmould, flanked by buttresses. Windows are located to the left and right of the door, and above it. The left return elevation features a single-storey vestry to the left, with two windows and buttresses to the right. The right return elevation has three windows and buttresses. The interior was not inspected.

The church is no longer in ecclesiastical use and is located on the Isle of Arran, in Whiting Bay.

Local climate

Former Parish Church, Whiting Bay, Arran sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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