Torphichen Preceptory And Torphichen Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Church.

Torphichen Preceptory And Torphichen Parish Church

WRENN ID
burning-terrace-furze
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NS 968 725
Coordinates
55.9346, -3.65219
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Torphichen Preceptory and Torphichen Parish Church is a traditional T-plan building constructed in 1756. It incorporates the northern wall of the nave of the Preceptory Church. The exterior is made of coursed rubble and features a skew-gabled roof covered with slate. A notable feature is the 'bird-cage' belfry, which houses a bell made by John Meikle in 1700. The church has round-headed windows and a fore-stair at the southern arm. There is a later addition from the 19th century at the western end. Inside, the church has plaster ceilings, lofts, a pulpit, and folding communion pews that were installed in 1803.

Local climate

Torphichen Preceptory And Torphichen Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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