Chaplain's Chambers With Boundary Wall, 20 The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Historical building. 4 related planning applications.

Chaplain's Chambers With Boundary Wall, 20 The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
under-keystone-sparrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Historical building
Address
Chaplain's Chambers With Boundary Wall, 20 The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 1RQ
OS grid reference
NJ 940 086
Coordinates
57.16874, -2.1001
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Chaplain's Chambers at 20 The Chanonry in Old Aberdeen is a building that dates from the 17th century, with remnants of original structures from the early 16th century. It features a three-storey design that is constructed from a mix of rubble and ashlar stone, topped with coped chimneys and crowstepped gables. A notable architectural detail is the moulded pend arch that displays the Bishop's arms above it. The wings of the building are half-storey in height and partly covered with pantiles.

Local climate

Chaplain's Chambers With Boundary Wall, 20 The Chanonry, 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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