Two mounments in church is a Grade A listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Monuments.
Two mounments in church
- WRENN ID
- silent-rood-amber
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1971
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- NS 410 670
- Coordinates
- 55.87055, -4.54266
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
There are two medieval recumbent effigies of a knight and a lady, each on separate plinths. These monuments likely date from around 1455.
Local climate
Two mounments in church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- 5 Remains of the Effigies of A Civilian and His Lady in the Churchyard, 2 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
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