Churchyard, Barony Parish Church, Main Street, West Kilbride is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1980. Church, graveyard.

Churchyard, Barony Parish Church, Main Street, West Kilbride

WRENN ID
tall-keystone-holly
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1980
Type
Church, graveyard
Address
Churchyard, Barony Parish Church, Main Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AR
OS grid reference
NS 206 483
Coordinates
55.69534, -4.85561
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Barony Parish Church in West Kilbride was rebuilt in 1873 and is characterized by its Early English style. It features cream-colored stugged masonry and a slate roof adorned with bands of diamond-shaped slates that run horizontally. The windows have sharp pointed Gothic tracery. The church has a squat tower with a belfry that includes louvres, a clock, and a spire. The churchyard contains headstones from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Local climate

Churchyard, Barony Parish Church, Main Street, West Kilbride sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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