Forgandenny Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church.

Forgandenny Parish Church

WRENN ID
calm-landing-wax
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
Church
OS grid reference
NO 087 183
Coordinates
56.34876, -3.47774
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Forgandenny Parish Church is a building that originally features a Romanesque style and has a rectangular plan measuring 70 feet 7 inches by 21 feet 7 inches internally. A fragment of double notch enrichment from an arched doorway is built into the south wall. The church has a porch that later served as the Oliphant burial vault and pew, and it is likely that transepts were added at a later date. The north transept was demolished, while the south transept was rebuilt as the Ruthven vault, which probably dates back to the 16th century and was recast in the 18th century with a Venetian feature and urns. A birdcage bellcote from the 17th or 18th century is also present.

In 1903, a large reconstruction was carried out by T.S. Robertson, during which the Oliphant aisle was removed, a new west porch was added, and alterations were made to the Ruthven aisle. New square-headed two-light windows and an east window were installed, and a pitch-pine roof was added. The east and west galleries were removed, and the pulpit was relocated from the north wall to the east, although it has been replaced recently.

Local climate

Forgandenny Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% 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 0.3°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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