Carlops Parish Church, Carlops is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 2010. Church.
Carlops Parish Church, Carlops
- WRENN ID
- vast-wicket-spring
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 2010
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NT 160 559
- Coordinates
- 55.78917, -3.33969
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Carlops Parish Church, built in 1850 by Charles Lawson, is a broad-plan, gabled church featuring both pointed and round-headed arched windows that are adorned with diamond-lattice lead glazing. The church is constructed from squared and snecked sandstone rubble, with chamfered ashlar dressings.
On the east elevation, there are steps leading up to a two-leaf timber panelled door set within a round arch. Flanking this door are round-arch windows, and above it is a pointed-arch window. The apex supports a dated base stone and a replacement timber bellcote that houses the original bell.
The interior of the church was largely refurbished in 2008 and 2009 by Todd and Taylor of Edinburgh. It features an early to mid 19th century Gothic organ, likely created by James Bruce. The stained glass includes a piece titled 'Living Water' by local artist Emma Butler-Cole Aiken, installed in the north window in 2008, as well as a panel in the east window recess by Douglas Hamilton.
Local climate
Carlops Parish Church, Carlops sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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