Bandstand, Duthie Park, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 February 2000. Bandstand.

Bandstand, Duthie Park, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 February 2000
Type
Bandstand
OS grid reference
NJ 938 043
Coordinates
57.13041, -2.10378
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The bandstand in Duthie Park, Aberdeen, was designed by McDowall, Steven & Co from Glasgow and built in 1893. It is an octagonal structure made of cast iron, resting on a granite plinth that features five steps leading to the platform on the north side. The bandstand is supported by eight cast-iron columns around the perimeter, which are stamped with the maker's name, and one column in the center. These columns have stylized Corinthian capitals with mullets inset. The roof is an octagonal ogee shape made of copper, with a boarded timber underside, and is supported by decorative ironwork brackets. At the apex of the roof, there is a weathervane, and decorative ironwork finials are located at the angles of the roof, with cartouches displaying the Aberdeen coat of arms positioned between them.

Local climate

Bandstand, Duthie Park, 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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