8 King Street, Old Meldrum is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 June 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
8 King Street, Old Meldrum
- WRENN ID
- calm-gutter-larch
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8 King Street, Old Meldrum, AB51 0EQ
- OS grid reference
- NJ 809 273
- Coordinates
- 57.33628, -2.31842
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century single-storey and attic cottage with five bays located at 8 King Street in Old Meldrum. The building is constructed from granite rubble with lined pointing. It features three windows divided by two doors, along with three later-added piended dormers at the wallhead that have oversailing canted projections. The cottage has end and ridge stacks and is topped with a slate roof.
Local climate
8 King Street, Old Meldrum 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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