Royal Arch, Main Street, Fettercairn is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. 3 related planning applications.

Royal Arch, Main Street, Fettercairn

WRENN ID
heavy-foundation-quill
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Address
Royal Arch, Main Street, Fettercairn, AB30 1XX
OS grid reference
NO 649 734
Coordinates
56.85115, -2.57572
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Royal Arch in Fettercairn is a triumphal arch of 1864-5, designed by John Milne of St Andrews and constructed in Aldbar stone ashlar. It was built as a memorial to the Prince Consort and to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in September 1861, and the design was chosen through a competition assessed by Queen Victoria.

The arch is approximately 60 feet high and comprises round arches between two buttressed, octagonal towers topped with short, gableted spirelets and wrought-iron finials. A crenellated parapet runs along the top of the arch, with a distinctive curvilinear gablet feature positioned centrally. Cameron's 'Fettercairn' provides additional details.

Local climate

Royal Arch, Main Street, Fettercairn receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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