Kirkmichael Parish Church, Patna Road, Kirkmichael is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 5 related planning applications.
Kirkmichael Parish Church, Patna Road, Kirkmichael
- WRENN ID
- riven-barrel-quill
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Address
- Kirkmichael Parish Church, Patna Road, Kirkmichael, KA19 7PJ
- OS grid reference
- NS 345 089
- Coordinates
- 55.3467, -4.61087
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 18th-century T-plan church located on Patna Road, Kirkmichael. It was constructed in 1787 on the site of an earlier church dedicated to St Michael and remains in ecclesiastical use. The church is harled with freestone dressings and a rubble base course. It features double-height gabled entrance porches to the north and west, with timber-panelled double doors; the west porch is complemented by a Palladian window above. Small, segmental arched windows appear at ground level, with taller arched windows above. A central, single-story gabled porch fronts the south, flanked by tall, arched stained-glass windows. A bellcote sits atop the west gable, and a forestair leads to the east. The windows are predominantly timber, with 6, 13, and 17 panes, presented as fixed or sash and case. The roof is covered in grey slate, with coped ashlar skewes displaying decorative urns on the skewputts and gable apex.
The interior retains its original layout and much of the original church furniture. A spiral staircase on the north side leads to the laird's loft, belonging to the Cassilis family. Simple cornicing is present, along with pews to the ground, including box pews. Three panelled lofts are situated to the west, north, and east, supported by Doric columns. The laird's loft boasts a vaulted plaster ceiling and fluted Doric pilasters. A stone ashlar polygonal pulpit, designed by James A Morris and Hugh Wallace, is centrally positioned on the south side.
The church stands within its own churchyard, accessed through a late 17th-century lych gate which is listed separately.
Local climate
Kirkmichael Parish Church, Patna Road, Kirkmichael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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