South Gateway, Meldrum House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. House.

South Gateway, Meldrum House

WRENN ID
stony-crypt-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 811 281
Coordinates
57.3439, -2.31542
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South Gateway at Meldrum House, likely built in 1851, features a Tudor-Jacobean style and is harled with dark granite dressings. The main arch is 4-centred and includes a keystone that is framed by octagonal piers topped with double globule finials. The gateway is flanked by screen walls that have footgates and terminal octagon piers.

Local climate

South Gateway, Meldrum 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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.

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