Churchyard, Lesmahagow Parish Church, Church Square, Lesmahagow is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971.

Churchyard, Lesmahagow Parish Church, Church Square, Lesmahagow

WRENN ID
tattered-vault-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
OS grid reference
NS 814 399
Coordinates
55.63823, -3.88531
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard at Lesmahagow Parish Church occupies Church Square in Lesmahagow. The churchyard's layout largely dates to 1810, though the tower was built earlier, in 1803. Additions and alterations were made in 1894 and 1937. The design incorporates elements reflecting the appearance of the previous church building. The churchyard is documented in Architecture of Scottish Post-Reformation Churches, page 263.

Local climate

Churchyard, Lesmahagow Parish Church, Church Square, Lesmahagow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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