Bethelnie is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Steadings.

Bethelnie

WRENN ID
deep-thatch-thrush
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
Steadings
OS grid reference
NJ 784 304
Coordinates
57.36361, -2.35929
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bethelnie is a building designed by James Duncan in 1872. It features a large double quadrangle layout constructed from dark granite with light granite dressings. The symmetrical south front includes six segmentally arched cart sheds, which are flanked by gabled sections. These sections contain pends and single-storey and attic bothies, which have masonry dormers above.

Local climate

Bethelnie 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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