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. 1 related planning application.

Lesmahagow Parish Church, Church Square, Lesmahagow

WRENN ID
proud-clay-azure
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Address
Lesmahagow Parish Church, Church Square, Lesmahagow, ML11 0EJ
OS grid reference
NS 814 398
Coordinates
55.6379, -3.88553
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lesmahagow Parish Church, situated on Church Square, Lesmahagow, was largely constructed in 1810, though it incorporates a tower dating from 1803. Further additions and alterations were made in 1894 and 1937. The design preserves elements of the earlier church. The building is referenced in "Architecture of Scottish Post Reformation Churches," page 263.

Local climate

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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