Post Office, 6 Market Square, Old Meldrum is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Post office. 1 related planning application.

Post Office, 6 Market Square, Old Meldrum

WRENN ID
bitter-plinth-blackthorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Post office
Address
Post Office, 6 Market Square, Old Meldrum, AB51 0AA
OS grid reference
NJ 808 271
Coordinates
57.33482, -2.31994
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a mid-19th century Post Office located at 6 Market Square in Old Meldrum. It is designed in an L-shape and has two storeys plus an attic. The front facade is made of squared granite and features three windows, along with two canted dormers. The rest of the building is harled.

Local climate

Post Office, 6 Market Square, Old Meldrum 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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