Banff Harbour, Quayside, Banff is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Harbour. 15 related planning applications.
Banff Harbour, Quayside, Banff
- WRENN ID
- final-brick-thistle
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- Harbour
- OS grid reference
- NJ 688 645
- Coordinates
- 57.67, -2.5233
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Banff Harbour, built between 1770 and 1775 by John Smeaton, features alterations and additions made by Thomas Telford in 1816, along with subsequent modifications. In 2006, dredging was carried out by Morrison Construction, and a pontoon system was installed by Solent Marine. The harbour is triangular in shape, consisting of one L-plan pier and one straight pier, which are divided internally by two straight piers that create three basins. The structure is primarily built with large vertical squared rubble walling, with some later concrete work.
Additionally, there is a strategically located camouflaged single chamber pillbox incorporated into the retaining wall of the steeply sloping ground to the west of the Quayside, overlooking the harbour. This pillbox is constructed of snecked rubble with a concrete cap and features two splayed horizontal firing loops and a narrow blocked doorway.
Local climate
Banff Harbour, Quayside, Banff receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 15 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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