Kirkton House, Kirkton Of Skene is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. House. 8 related planning applications.

Kirkton House, Kirkton Of Skene

WRENN ID
first-marble-bone
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 804 074
Coordinates
57.15708, -2.32538
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kirkton House, located in Kirkton of Skene, is a single-storey building with a full basement, constructed in the Neo-Greek style. It was originally dated by John Smith to 1825, with further work by Smith in 1848. The house underwent renovations in 1924. The exterior features broad eaves and is built of rough ashlar, with a bull-faced finish on the basement. Notable architectural elements include a tetra-style wooden Greek Doric portico at the center of the east front, a canted bay at the center of the south front, and twin bows on the west front.

Local climate

Kirkton House, Kirkton Of Skene receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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