Ellon Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Mansion. 7 related planning applications.

Ellon Castle

WRENN ID
ghost-floor-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Mansion
OS grid reference
NJ 961 307
Coordinates
57.3669, -2.06577
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ellon Castle was originally built as offices in 1725 and was rebuilt in an H-plan layout, likely by John Baxter between 1781 and 1785. It was later incorporated into a new house designed by James Matthews of Mackenzie & Matthews in 1851. The main part of Matthews' house was demolished in 1927, and the remaining offices were converted into a mansion.

The building is two stories high, with a low first floor, eaves, and a bell cast roof featuring irregular H-plan crowstepped gables from 1851 or possibly modern alterations. The front door, designed by Baxter, is inscribed with "GEORGE EARL OF ABERDEEN 1785" and features an architrave and a segmental pediment that is broken by an armorial panel taken from the old castle. Additionally, a dormer head and a coat of arms from 1851 have been inserted into the walls.

Local climate

Ellon Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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 0.2°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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