Churchyard And Boundary Wall, Old Parish Church, Simprim is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Church.
Churchyard And Boundary Wall, Old Parish Church, Simprim
- WRENN ID
- carved-span-grain
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NT 852 454
- Coordinates
- 55.70197, -2.2369
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The remains of a rectangular-plan church, which includes a nave and chancel, are located in the churchyard of the Old Parish Church in Simprim. The church was dedicated in 1247, with a bell and steeple added in 1756, but it was abandoned in 1761. The structure is built from squared sandstone rubble with rubble dressings. The eastern gable is nearly intact, featuring a chamfered surround to a blocked, round-arched opening in the outer elevation, and there is a plaque centered in the inner elevation. There are remnants of a wall to the north, with little remaining to the south or west.
The graveyard contains various sandstone gravestones arranged in irregular rows, including 18th-century stones with memento mori and table-top monuments. The boundary wall, which is rubble-coped and encloses the near square-plan site (with a rounded corner to the southeast), features a timber gate. To the right of the entrance, there is a wall-mounted post box marked 'GR'.
Local climate
Churchyard And Boundary Wall, Old Parish Church, Simprim receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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