Ploughman's Society Hall, Rayne is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Hall. 3 related planning applications.
Ploughman's Society Hall, Rayne
- WRENN ID
- blind-postern-ochre
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 September 1984
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- Ploughman's Society Hall, Rayne, AB52 6SD
- OS grid reference
- NJ 675 293
- Coordinates
- 57.35338, -2.541
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Ploughman's Society Hall in Rayne was likely built around 1830 for the Ploughman's Society. It features a plaque dated 1778 that includes a trade symbol, a coat of arms, and the initials AL, JC, and MR, possibly referring to the Leiths of Freefield. The building is a two-storey structure with five bays, constructed from squared granite with tooled dressings. The entrance door is located off-centre to the left, with two windows to the right and one to the left on the ground floor. The first floor has four windows, with the plaque positioned between the two central windows. There are additional windows in the gables, gable-end stacks, straight skews, and a slate roof.
Local climate
Ploughman's Society Hall, Rayne receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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