Presbytery, St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Huntly Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967.

Presbytery, St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Huntly Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
sunken-chalk-spindle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
OS grid reference
NJ 936 060
Coordinates
57.14559, -2.10635
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Huntly Street, Aberdeen, was designed by Alexander Ellis in 1860, with the spire added by R.G. Wilson of Ellis and Wilson in 1877. The cathedral features a mid-decorated style, with a nave and aisles that include a clerestory and dormers on the aisle roofs, showcasing fine interior carpentry. The chancel is also part of the design. The interior has been modernized over time. Additionally, there is a two-storey and attic clergy house constructed of pinned rubble, which has V-plan dormers.

Local climate

Presbytery, St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Huntly Street, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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