Churchyard, St Ninian's Old Parish Church, Kirk Wynd, Stirling is a Grade A listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Kirkyard.

Churchyard, St Ninian's Old Parish Church, Kirk Wynd, Stirling

WRENN ID
eastward-finial-hyssop
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1965
Type
Kirkyard
OS grid reference
NS 795 916
Coordinates
56.10264, -3.93744
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard of St Ninian's Old Parish Church in Stirling features rubble stone walls with a rounded cope and gatepiers at the west end, likely dating from 1734 and designed by local masons Robert Henderson and Charles Bachop. The gatepiers are made from alternating plain and fluted blocks and include moulded cornices and ball finials. Within the graveyard, there is a collection of gravestones that date from the 17th century onwards. Among these, there are two stones from the medieval period: one on the south side of the choir displays a cross with wedge-shaped arms and a hollowed centre, with initials on the upper surface likely added later when the stone was reused. The second stone, located northwest of the choir's corner, features a small incised cross on one side and appears to have been cut down, reused, and relocated after the Reformation. Additionally, the Auchenbowie burial enclosure, situated immediately west of the tower, has convex rusticated entrance piers designed by Henderson and Bachop as per the building contract.

Local climate

Churchyard, St Ninian's Old Parish Church, Kirk Wynd, Stirling sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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