Ruins Of Old Parish Church Of St Droston And Churchyard is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Church.
Ruins Of Old Parish Church Of St Droston And Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- second-tower-blackthorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NO 431 801
- Coordinates
- 56.90892, -2.93575
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The ruins of the Old Parish Church of St Droston date from probably the late 17th century and are located within a roughly square graveyard that is enclosed by random rubble boundary walls. The church features complete east and west gables and a north wall that extends to the wallhead, with intermittent remains of the south wall. There is a window in the east gable, and the structure is made of random granite rubble.
The graveyard is surrounded by a random rubble enclosure and has an iron gate on the east side. Inside, there are various gravestones from the 18th and early 19th centuries, including a notable monument to Alexander Ross.
Local climate
Ruins Of Old Parish Church Of St Droston And Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 85 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 61 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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