Old Parish Church, High Street, Renfrew is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.

Old Parish Church, High Street, Renfrew

WRENN ID
final-bracket-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Church
Address
Old Parish Church, High Street, Renfrew, PA4 8QP
OS grid reference
NS 508 675
Coordinates
55.87789, -4.38646
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Parish Church on High Street in Renfrew is a Gothic Revival building constructed from stone, featuring a stone spire. It was built between 1861 and 1862 and designed by architect John T. Rochead from Glasgow. The chancel was altered in 1908 by architect P. MacGregor Chalmers. The church has origins dating back to the 15th century.

Local climate

Old Parish Church, High Street, Renfrew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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