Church Hall, Seafield Street, Portsoy is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1982. Church hall. 4 related planning applications.

Church Hall, Seafield Street, Portsoy

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 February 1982
Type
Church hall
Address
Church Hall, Seafield Street, Portsoy, AB45 2QT
OS grid reference
NJ 589 659
Coordinates
57.68172, -2.69023
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Church Hall on Seafield Street in Portsoy was built in 1815, with a clock tower added in 1876. Originally a parish church, it features a long south elevation with four bays. The clock tower has a doorway at its base on the west gable and an additional entrance on the east side. The building is constructed from coursed dark rubble, accented with contrasting sandstone ashlar dressings. The long south elevation is illuminated by four round-headed windows with keystones, and it has a deep moulded eaves cornice.

The four-stage clock tower, which has a corbelled and crenellated parapet, is attached to the west return gable. It includes a louvred Venetian window in the third stage that vents the bell loft, with a clock face positioned in the stage above. A two-storey porch at the east gable features a crenellated wallhead. The long south windows have multi-pane bordered glazing, and the building has a slate roof. There is a modern single-storey addition at the rear.

Inside, there are no notable features remaining.

Additionally, there is a war memorial featuring a kilted soldier on a plinth that stands on a stepped base. The memorial includes an inscription honoring those who fell in the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945). A low spearhead cast-iron railing encloses the memorial.

Local climate

Church Hall, Seafield Street, Portsoy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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