Fernlea, Skene House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Fernlea, Skene House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-screen-dust
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fernlea, Skene House, AB32 7BQ
- OS grid reference
- NJ 769 097
- Coordinates
- 57.17818, -2.38294
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Fernlea, Skene House is a mid 18th century building constructed of ashlar stone. It is two storeys high and features two windows along with a central door. The western part of the building is domestic in style and has a single central feature with corbels at the first floor level, which supports a pentice. The west gable includes skewputs. The eastern part, possibly a coach house, has a piended roof and a brick arched segmental doorway located in the gable end.
Local climate
Fernlea, Skene House 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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