Walls and Gates of Powis Lodge, 51 College Bounds, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Gate. 1 related planning application.

Walls and Gates of Powis Lodge, 51 College Bounds, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
nether-belfry-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Gate
OS grid reference
NJ 939 080
Coordinates
57.1635, -2.1021
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The walls and gates of Powis Lodge, located at 51 College Bounds in Old Aberdeen, were designed by Alexander Fraser in 1834. They were originally the gates to Powis House and feature two minarets and a central arch. Additionally, there is a foot gate to Powis Lodge that dates back to 1697 and is moulded.

Local climate

Walls and Gates of Powis Lodge, 51 College Bounds, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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