Parish Church, Kirk Road, Kirkoswald is a Grade A listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.
Parish Church, Kirk Road, Kirkoswald
- WRENN ID
- lost-spandrel-cedar
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 239 073
- Coordinates
- 55.32878, -4.77641
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The parish church, located on Kirk Road in Kirkoswald, dates primarily from 1777. It also incorporates elements from 1677, including a Dutch bell with rusticated quoins. The building exhibits fine Palladian details, though these are now considered less impactful due to the removal of original harling. It remains in ecclesiastical use. Architectural details are further discussed in "Architecture of Scottish Post Reformation Churches" on pages 91, 194, and 249.
Local climate
Parish Church, Kirk Road, Kirkoswald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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