Church, Main Street, Braehead is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 May 1989.
Church, Main Street, Braehead
- WRENN ID
- carved-hall-ash
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP: Pamela Nash (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1989
- Address
- Church, Main Street, Braehead, ML11 8EZ
- OS grid reference
- NS 952 505
- Coordinates
- 55.73738, -3.66985
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1845, this church stands on Main Street, Braehead. It is an upwards-facing (UP) church of roughly square plan, with round-headed openings and a piended slate roof. The north front is distinguished by an advanced gabled centre, built of coursed ashlar with polished margins and a parapet. The other three elevations are of rubble construction. A tall doorway is centrally positioned on the north front, featuring splayed ingoes, a two-leaf boarded door, and a traceried fanlight. The parapet extends to the gable, where an apex bellcote containing a bell is situated. The church retains its distinctive original glazing pattern throughout, featuring small panes and Y-tracery. Two wide windows are located at the rear (south) of the church, positioned either side of the pulpit, with two-bay flanks. Inside, a curved gallery occupies the north end, supported by four cast-iron columns. A low session house or vestry is situated in the north-west corner. The church was out of ecclesiastical use by 1989.
Local climate
Church, Main Street, Braehead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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