2 Bank Terrace, Alford is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Former bank.

2 Bank Terrace, Alford

WRENN ID
worn-obsidian-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Former bank
OS grid reference
NJ 575 159
Coordinates
57.23217, -2.70462
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

2 Bank Terrace in Alford is a Tudor-style building dating from around 1860. It is two stories high and features a three-window front, with the end windows designed as tripartite units that have wooden mullions on the first floor. The building has a central porch and is topped with two large gables, along with a smaller central gablet that has decorative traceried barge boards. This structure was formerly used as a bank.

Local climate

2 Bank Terrace, Alford receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 45 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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