Churchyard, St Quivox Parish Church, St Quivox is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church, graveyard. 1 related planning application.
Churchyard, St Quivox Parish Church, St Quivox
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-roof-swallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Church, graveyard
- Address
- Churchyard, St Quivox Parish Church, St Quivox, KA6 5HJ
- OS grid reference
- NS 375 240
- Coordinates
- 55.4833, -4.57246
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard of St Quivox Parish Church features gravestones that date back to 1657, with many from the 18th century. There are square-plan gatepiers from the early 19th century located to the east and south of the churchyard, which have coped necks and pyramidal caps, along with simple cast-iron gates. The boundary walls are made of sandstone rubble and have semi-circular coping, with railings on top in some areas.
Local climate
Churchyard, St Quivox Parish Church, St Quivox sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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