Kilsyth Parish Church, Backbrae Street, Kilsyth is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 May 1979. Church.
Kilsyth Parish Church, Backbrae Street, Kilsyth
- WRENN ID
- burning-zinc-rain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1979
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NS 716 777
- Coordinates
- 55.97589, -4.05899
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilsyth Parish Church, located on Backbrae Street in Kilsyth, was built in 1816 with additions and alterations made in 1832. The church features a buttressed Gothic nave, raised pointed finials, and a later chancel. It also has a battlemented tower that includes a clock.
Local climate
Kilsyth Parish Church, Backbrae Street, Kilsyth sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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