Lessendrum House is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. House.

Lessendrum House

WRENN ID
swift-belfry-harvest
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 578 415
Coordinates
57.46238, -2.70413
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lessendrum House is a ruin designed by Archibald Simpson in 1837, which incorporates a large earlier house dating from the 17th century and later. The building features an asymmetrical Jacobean style and is mainly two-storey, likely originally with attics. It has large pinnacles at the southwest part and diagonal shafted chimneys. The site is much overgrown, with large sections having fallen, contributing to its picturesque appearance.

Local climate

Lessendrum House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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