Murtle Cottage, 153 North Deeside Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.

Murtle Cottage, 153 North Deeside Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
waiting-span-nettle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
House
Address
Murtle Cottage, 153 North Deeside Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9EA
OS grid reference
NJ 875 022
Coordinates
57.11067, -2.20719
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Murtle Cottage, located at 153 North Deeside Road in Bieldside, Aberdeen, was designed by Archibald Simpson, possibly in 1839. This is a single-storey house with a dormerless attic, and it features a lower section attached to the rear. The main part of the house has two narrow bays with a central door, while the rear section includes a broad-eaved bay that projects from the centre.

Local climate

Murtle Cottage, 153 North Deeside Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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