Library, Old Aberdeen Town House, High Street, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Town house.

Library, Old Aberdeen Town House, High Street, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
rusted-pier-ash
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Town house
OS grid reference
NJ 939 084
Coordinates
57.1671, -2.10226
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Aberdeen Town House Library, built in 1788 by George Jaffrey, is a three-storey structure featuring three windows. The central bay projects and is adorned with a pediment, a square clock stage, and a cupola above. The building also displays a coat of arms from 1721, which is from a previous structure. The interior of the library remains largely original.

Local climate

Library, Old Aberdeen Town House, High Street, 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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