Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Rothiemurchus is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. Church.

Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Rothiemurchus

WRENN ID
third-transept-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 December 1979
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NH 885 092
Coordinates
57.16092, -3.84394
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Parish Church and Burial-Ground in Rothiemurchus was built in 1830 on an earlier site and incorporates parts of a previous church. The structure is currently roofless and gutted. It features a rectangular shape with a symmetrical four-bay front, which has square-headed windows. There are entrance porches located at the center rear and at the west gable, along with a pedimented bellcote at the apex of the west gable.

The burial ground includes an enclosure granted by Rothiemurchus, surrounded by a low coped wall topped with cast-iron spearhead railings. Within the burial ground, there are various tombs, primarily dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Local climate

Old Parish Church And Burial-Ground, Rothiemurchus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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