Enclosing Walls, Houff Of Ury, Ury House is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980.
Enclosing Walls, Houff Of Ury, Ury House
- WRENN ID
- final-remnant-sienna
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1980
- OS grid reference
- NO 855 889
- Coordinates
- 56.99123, -2.23875
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Houff Of Ury enclosing walls, located at Ury House, date to an unknown period, though context suggests they are of considerable age. The walls are approximately 5 feet high and constructed of rubble masonry, built to follow the natural contours of the land. They incorporate ashlar gate piers.
Local climate
Enclosing Walls, Houff Of Ury, Ury House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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