West Parish Church Of Scotland, Wellwynd, Airdrie is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 March 1971. Church.
West Parish Church Of Scotland, Wellwynd, Airdrie
- WRENN ID
- dim-moulding-fen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Airdrie and Shotts MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NS 759 654
- Coordinates
- 55.86652, -3.98405
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The West Parish Church of Scotland in Wellwynd, Airdrie, was designed by Alex Baird in 1834, with a porch added by A MacGregor Mitchell in 1890. This is a two-storey, five-bay, rectangular-plan church built in a classical style, featuring a central bell tower and cupola. The exterior is made of squared and tooled yellow sandstone, with a regular arrangement of windows and a base course with architraved openings.
On the east (principal) elevation, there are five bays with full-height Tuscan pilasters flanking the outer bays. The center features a small gabled entrance porch and a moulded pedimented gable with an inscribed panel that reads: "ERECTED BY FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 1834." At the top, there is a three-stage bell tower, with a square first stage, a battered octagonal second stage with louvered openings, and a canted third stage that culminates in a cupola topped with a cast-iron weathervane.
The west (rear) elevation was not visible in 2001. The north and south side elevations each have five bays with regular fenestration, and the windows have been replaced with plate glass. The roof is covered with grey slates and features lead flashing.
Inside, the church has a plain galleried interior, with woodwork that was replaced with a gothic scheme by A MacGregor Mitchell in 1890.
Local climate
West Parish Church Of Scotland, Wellwynd, Airdrie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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