Biggar Church is a Grade A listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Biggar Church
- WRENN ID
- frozen-plaster-candle
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1971
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Biggar Church, ML12 6DT
- OS grid reference
- NT 040 378
- Coordinates
- 55.62513, -3.52536
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Biggar Church was founded in 1545 by Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming. It was altered in 1870 by David Bryce and restored between 1934 and 1935. The church is designed in the Perpendicular style and has a cruciform plan, which includes a chancel with an apsidal east end, transepts, and a nave topped by a square tower at the crossing. The building is constructed of ashlar and rubble with a slate roof.
During the 1870 alterations, the nave windows were enlarged to feature a simple Y-traceried design set in rectangular recesses, and the porch and chapterhouse were rebuilt. A gallery was added to the west end in 1853. The south transept has a roundheaded door that is recessed and moulded, adorned with enriched bosses. The interior was refurnished in 1935, which included the removal of plaster from the internal walls. A Celtic cross is located in the porch.
Local climate
Biggar Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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