Muchalls Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972.
Muchalls Castle
- WRENN ID
- carved-tallow-moon
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- OS grid reference
- NO 891 918
- Coordinates
- 57.01753, -2.17981
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Muchalls Castle is a three-storey, L-plan castle constructed between 1627 and 1649. The exterior is finished with harl (roughcast) and covered with a slate roof. A groin-vaulted ceiling is present on the ground floor, while the interiors incorporate Renaissance detailing. The walled courtyard features a gateway with the dates of the castle’s construction inscribed above it. The castle is designated as a Group Value building, recognised for its contribution to the character of the surrounding area alongside the coach house and gardener’s cottage.
Local climate
Muchalls Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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