Capstan Jetty, Greyhope Road is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 June 2011. Jetty.

Capstan Jetty, Greyhope Road

WRENN ID
third-frieze-peregrine
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 June 2011
Type
Jetty
OS grid reference
NJ 959 055
Coordinates
57.14112, -2.06807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Capstan Jetty, built around 1796, is a small tapering jetty made of roughly hewn granite rubble. It has a circular head and is situated near the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour and the River Dee. The jetty features a cast-iron capstan with a fluted shaft and a central turning wheel. Additionally, there are a pair of cast-iron bollards with chains.

Local climate

Capstan Jetty, Greyhope Road 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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