Watch House, Parish Kirkyard, Banchory is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Watch-house.

Watch House, Parish Kirkyard, Banchory

WRENN ID
empty-newel-onyx
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
Watch-house
OS grid reference
NO 706 957
Coordinates
57.05179, -2.48478
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Watch House in the parish kirkyard of Banchory is a circular, two-storey building constructed from rubble with a slate roof. It features a conical shape topped with a bell turret and was built in 1829.

Local climate

Watch House, Parish Kirkyard, Banchory receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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