Rutherglen Tower And Fragments Of Old Church, Rutherglen Old Parish Church, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 March 1971. Church tower.

Rutherglen Tower And Fragments Of Old Church, Rutherglen Old Parish Church, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow

WRENN ID
odd-stronghold-equinox
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Rutherglen MP: Michael Shanks (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 March 1971
Type
Church tower
OS grid reference
NS 613 617
Coordinates
55.8286, -4.21531
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Rutherglen Tower and fragments of the old church are located at Rutherglen Old Parish Church on Main Street in Rutherglen, Glasgow. The structure is primarily late medieval in style but has undergone significant rebuilding and may include earlier materials. The remaining parts of the church consist of the east gable and a square tower made of ashlar stone. The tower was raised in 1710, which gave it its current appearance. It features a door on the east side and a round-headed opening near the eaves, with a central buttress on either side and a clock face. The openings are chamfered, and the tower is topped with a slated broach spire, also from 1710, which includes gilded balls and a weathercock. The spire has large louvred openings that were added later. Additionally, a column base can be found nearby, and there is a bell from 1635 made by Michael Burgerhuys of Middleburgh, Holland.

Local climate

Rutherglen Tower And Fragments Of Old Church, Rutherglen Old Parish Church, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow 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 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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.

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