Farmhouse, Mains Of Balbegno is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. 1 related planning application.

Farmhouse, Mains Of Balbegno

WRENN ID
grim-passage-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Address
Farmhouse, Mains Of Balbegno, AB30 1YD
OS grid reference
NO 641 730
Coordinates
56.84752, -2.58883
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a mid-18th century farmhouse constructed of coursed red rubble stone to the front, with harled gables. It is a two-storey, three-window composition. A later rear wing has been added. The windows are four-pane sashes. The roof is slate, with decorative moulded skew ends and coped end stacks. Outbuildings are constructed of random rubble with stone-slated roofs, and the eaves of the implement shed are supported by timber posts. The farmhouse is part of a group including items 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. It is located at Mains of Balbegno, and includes a screen wall and outbuildings to the southwest.

Local climate

Farmhouse, Mains Of Balbegno sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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