Whin Cottage is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Whin Cottage

WRENN ID
open-cinder-winter
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 November 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Whin Cottage, AB12 5XT
OS grid reference
NJ 906 022
Coordinates
57.11071, -2.15547
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Whin Cottage is a small single-storey building constructed of harl and slate. It features a projecting porch that is inscribed with the words "Endowed by George Hogg MDCCCXXX". This building was formerly used as a female school.

Local climate

Whin Cottage 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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