Church, Spittal Of Glenshee is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church, Spittal Of Glenshee

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NO 108 701
Coordinates
56.81463, -3.4614
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a church located in Spittal of Glenshee, constructed in 1831. It has a simple design, featuring a rubble-built rectangular shape with round arches and a bellcote. Inside, there is a gallery at one end and a pulpit at the opposite end. This church was built on the site of a previous chapel of ease.

Local climate

Church, Spittal Of Glenshee sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 87 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 64 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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