Lauriston Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1972. Castle.
Lauriston Castle
- WRENN ID
- vacant-render-pine
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1972
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NO 761 665
- Coordinates
- 56.79032, -2.39242
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lauriston Castle is an early polygonal castle with significant remains on the west side, along with later additions. It features a 17th century L-plan tower house located in the south angle, which has been incorporated into a large three-storey mid-Georgian house that has seven windows, with the central three being pedimented and linked by margins and strings, along with a later porch. The older third of the structure, which included the tower house, has been demolished, and the remainder is in a state of disrepair. Additionally, there is an earlier 19th century wing that extends the frontage north-eastwards. This wing is two-storey, has six windows, is made of plain ashlar, and features a balustraded parapet adorned with urns. The property is still occupied.
Local climate
Lauriston Castle receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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