Leslie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. 2 related planning applications.
Leslie Castle
- WRENN ID
- western-sandstone-hawthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Address
- Leslie Castle, AB52 6NX
- OS grid reference
- NJ 599 248
- Coordinates
- 57.31237, -2.66626
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Leslie Castle is an L-plan tower house dated 1661, now ruinous. The building is roofless and originally comprised three storeys and a garret. It is constructed of random rubble. A square tower is located in the re-entrant angle, with turrets positioned at the corners of the castle. The interior is filled with debris and the floors are absent. The castle was built for William Forbes on the site of the earlier Castle of Leslies of Leslie. Following Forbes' death in 1670, the castle passed to the Leiths of Leith Hall. The castle was descheduled on 4th September 1989.
Local climate
Leslie Castle 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 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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