Blantyre Old Parish Church, Craigmuir Road, Blantyre is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 June 1979. Church.

Blantyre Old Parish Church, Craigmuir Road, Blantyre

WRENN ID
tall-rood-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Rutherglen MP: Michael Shanks (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 June 1979
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NS 679 565
Coordinates
55.78452, -4.10771
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Blantyre Old Parish Church was built in 1863 and designed by architect W.C. Rowan. The church features a main gabled front with a large Geometric window. To the right, there is a tower with corner turrets and a spire above the entrance, while the left side has gabled chapels. The interior has been pleasantly restored and includes a gallery.

Local climate

Blantyre Old Parish Church, Craigmuir Road, Blantyre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Churchyard, Blantyre Old Parish Church Grade B 36 m
  2. Shott House, Hamilton Road, Blantyre, Hamilton Grade B 192 m
  3. Crossbasket Grade A 1.3 km
  4. General's Bridge, Stoneymeadow Road Grade B 1.3 km
  5. Boundary Walls, St Joseph's Catholic Church, Mayberry Place, Blantyre Grade B 1.4 km
  6. Livingstone Memorial Church, Glasgow Road, Blantyre Grade B 1.4 km
  7. St Joseph's Catholic Church, Mayberry Place, Blantyre Grade B 1.4 km
  8. St Joseph's Presbytery, Mayberry Place, Blantyre Grade B 1.5 km
  9. Bardykes, Callaghan Wynd, Blantyre, Hamilton Grade B 1.6 km
  10. Limetree, 371 Glasgow Road, Burnbank, Hamilton Grade C 1.9 km