Churchyard, Parish Church, Dron is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Churchyard.
Churchyard, Parish Church, Dron
- WRENN ID
- pitched-plinth-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- NO 141 158
- Coordinates
- 56.32759, -3.39064
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard of the Parish Church in Dron features a square enclosure made of rubble walls. Inside, there is a small collection of gravestones that date from the 17th century onwards. This site is the burial place of Rev. John Welwood, who died in 1679.
Local climate
Churchyard, Parish Church, Dron sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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 0.3°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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