James Mitchell Memorial, Kemnay is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984.
James Mitchell Memorial, Kemnay
- WRENN ID
- nether-pedestal-dock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 September 1984
- OS grid reference
- NJ 730 158
- Coordinates
- 57.23226, -2.44817
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The James Mitchell Memorial in Kemnay was built in 1936 as a memorial to James Mitchell (1773-1857), a former carrier. The memorial features a well and urn constructed from red granite, surmounted by a square superstructure of grey granite. The superstructure bears a pedestrian statue of Mitchell. A hemicyclical area is enclosed by railings and gatepiers.
Local climate
James Mitchell Memorial, Kemnay receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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