Erskine Marykirk Church, 29 St John Street, Stirling is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Church.
Erskine Marykirk Church, 29 St John Street, Stirling
- WRENN ID
- empty-soffit-owl
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1965
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NS 792 935
- Coordinates
- 56.11967, -3.94354
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Erskine Marykirk Church is a former Secession church located at 29 St John Street in Stirling. Built between 1825 and 1826 by Allan Johnstone, it was altered in 1877 by William Simpson. The church, which was abandoned in 1968 and suffered significant damage from a fire in 1980, retains only its facade, with a modern extension added to the rear during its conversion to residential use around 1985.
The building is two stories high and has five bays divided by pilasters, constructed from squared rubble with ashlar margins. The principal elevation features three central bays that are advanced and topped with a pedimented portico. The entrance includes a round-headed fanlight at the ground level, with round-headed windows in the bays on either side. The outer bays have entrances set in recessed round-arched panels, also with round-headed fanlights. Above, there is regular round-headed fenestration.
The side elevation is characterized by a harled wall with a lean-to at the ground level and round-arched windows above.
Local climate
Erskine Marykirk Church, 29 St John Street, 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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