Covington Parish Church is a Grade A listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971.

Covington Parish Church

WRENN ID
turning-moulding-crow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
OS grid reference
NS 975 397
Coordinates
55.64047, -3.62988
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Michael's Church in Covington Parish dates back to the 15th century. It features a shield with the Lindsay Arms, which dates from 1659. The church underwent renovations in 1903.

Local climate

Covington Parish Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 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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