Bristow Cottage, Castle Fraser is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. House.

Bristow Cottage, Castle Fraser

WRENN ID
lost-casement-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 724 120
Coordinates
57.19836, -2.45839
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bristow Cottage, built around 1825, is a single-storey and attic Tudor-style building constructed from grey and red coursed granite. It features broad eaves. The cottage is currently undergoing renovation, which began in 1966.

Local climate

Bristow Cottage, Castle Fraser receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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