Crathes Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Castle. 8 related planning applications.
Crathes Castle
- WRENN ID
- tilted-niche-foxglove
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Crathes Castle, AB31 5QJ
- OS grid reference
- NO 734 967
- Coordinates
- 57.06147, -2.44001
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Crathes Castle is a modified L-plan tower house that features four storeys, along with a vaulted basement and a prominent angle stair. The castle is adorned with pinnacles and turrets. It has inset panels that are dated 1553 and 1596. Additionally, there is a three-storey east wing that was built in the early 18th century, along with further additions that were made in 1894.
Local climate
Crathes Castle receives an average of 860 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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