Montcoffer Cottages is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 March 1994. Cottage.

Montcoffer Cottages

WRENN ID
lunar-attic-burdock
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 March 1994
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NJ 687 613
Coordinates
57.64097, -2.52519
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Montcoffer Cottages are a pair of single-storey cottages with an attic, built in the earlier to mid-19th century. They are joined to form a U-plan and feature harled walls with red Turriff sandstone margins.

The south elevation is symmetrical and includes a later gabled porch at the center with bracketed eaves, a door that has a letterbox fanlight, and two narrow windows on either side. The outer bays are advanced and gabled, featuring windows at ground level and small round-arched attic windows.

The east elevation has three bays, with a door in the center and windows flanking it, along with two flat-roofed dormers in the attic.

The west elevation is two bays wide, with a window on the left at ground level and a single flat-roofed dormer in the attic. There is a flat-roofed addition to the north, with a rear gable. The cottages have sash and case windows that display a variety of glazing patterns. The roof features ashlar coped skews and margined stacks, with some decorative cans still retained.

Local climate

Montcoffer Cottages 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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