Gate Lodges, St Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967.

Gate Lodges, St Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
solemn-loggia-aspen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
OS grid reference
NJ 938 087
Coordinates
57.1692, -2.10291
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Gate Lodges at St Machar's Cathedral in The Chanonry, Aberdeen, were designed by John Smith in 1832, incorporating earlier structures of a similar layout. These are a pair of two-storey gothic lodges made of ashlar stone, featuring semi-octagonal fronts and four-centre arched windows. The gatepiers are likely from the 18th century, with possible detailed alterations made in 1832. Notable features include a fine wrought-iron lamp-holder and cast-iron gates.

Local climate

Gate Lodges, St Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, 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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