Stable Block, Castle Fraser is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Stable block.

Stable Block, Castle Fraser

WRENN ID
stubborn-steeple-summer
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
NJ 720 124
Coordinates
57.20192, -2.46459
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Stable Block at Castle Fraser dates from 1795 and is a quadrangular structure. It has two storeys on the east side and a single storey on the west. The building is made of coursed squared rubble with cherry cocking. The east front is canted and features a central segmental arch along with circular angle towers. There is a detached vaulted wellhouse located to the northwest.

Local climate

Stable Block, Castle Fraser 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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