North Lodge And Gate Pillars, Thainstone House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972.

North Lodge And Gate Pillars, Thainstone House

WRENN ID: roaming-frieze-fen
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Aberdeenshire
Constituency: Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 24 November 1972
OS grid reference: NJ 778 186
Coordinates: 57.25755, -2.3684
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

North Lodge and its gate pillars date from the early 19th century and were designed by Archibald Simpson. The lodge is two storeys tall, with harled exterior walls and a slate roof. The gate pillars have ball finials. The buildings are situated at Thainstone Policies, on the road between Kintore and Inverurie.

Local climate

North Lodge And Gate Pillars, Thainstone House 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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.

North Lodge And Gate Pillars, Thainstone House

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