Rowanlea, 56 Main Street, Longside is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 2 related planning applications.

Rowanlea, 56 Main Street, Longside

WRENN ID
first-tower-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Address
Rowanlea, 56 Main Street, Longside, AB42 4XJ
OS grid reference
NK 035 475
Coordinates
57.5181, -1.94236
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Rowanlea is a circa 1801-1805 building of 18th-century character, located at 56 Main Street, Longside. It is a two-storey structure with a front facade constructed of squared granite, partly pinned, and featuring straight skews and coped chimneys. A central bow houses the staircase, facing the road. The front elevation has a single window with a door set in the angle, and one window on each floor to either side. The rear wall is of plain rubble. Original glazing remains throughout.

Local climate

Rowanlea, 56 Main Street, Longside receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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