Old Parish Church, Dunira Street, Comrie is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Old Parish Church, Dunira Street, Comrie
- WRENN ID
- riven-thatch-moth
- Grade
- A
- 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
- Address
- Old Parish Church, Dunira Street, Comrie, PH6 2LJ
- OS grid reference
- NN 772 219
- Coordinates
- 56.3739, -3.9885
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Church on Dunira Street in Comrie was designed by John Stewart of Perth in 1805. It is a large Gothic-style building with a rectangular shape, featuring harled walls with margins. The church has a western tower topped with a stone spire, made of whitewashed rubble with ashlar detailing at the spire. The exterior includes a four-window elevation with original glazing. Inside, there is a horseshoe gallery supported by Doric columns, along with several notable mural tablets, including one created by Manning.
Local climate
Old Parish Church, Dunira Street, Comrie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 50 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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