Boathouse, Loch Of Skene, Dunecht House is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Tower houses.

Boathouse, Loch Of Skene, Dunecht House

WRENN ID
hidden-brick-stoat
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Tower houses
OS grid reference
NJ 785 080
Coordinates
57.16275, -2.3564
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The boathouse at Loch Of Skene, part of Dunecht House, was designed by A. Marshall Mackenzie and Son between 1922 and 1923. It features a pair of symmetrical four-storey tower houses with battlemented parapets, cape-houses, and circular stair towers. The entrance is marked by heavy gatepiers adorned with griffons and large wrought iron gates. The boathouse itself includes a portcullis gate, square angle turrets, and a striking square room that is vaulted in four compartments. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone laid in uneven courses.

Local climate

Boathouse, Loch Of Skene, Dunecht House 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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