Aden House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1976. House, ruin.
Aden House
- WRENN ID
- gilded-span-bracken
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 July 1976
- Type
- House, ruin
- OS grid reference
- NJ 980 478
- Coordinates
- 57.52063, -2.0344
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Aden House is a late 18th century ruin, primarily roofless, that was originally a two-storey quadrangular structure built of rubble, likely incorporating earlier work. The south front features a layout of one, one, two, one, and one bays, with the end bays advanced and a two-window quoined ashlar pedimented centre-piece.
Significant reconstruction was carried out by John Smith between 1832 and 1833, which included rebuilding the west wing with a higher ground floor. This section is made of ashlar granite and features a Roman Doric columned centre bow topped with a dome, with two windows on either side and consoles at the ground floor, showcasing outstanding merit.
Additionally, an asymmetrically placed Roman Doric column was added to the porte cochere on the south front, which also has a two-window ashlar centre piece with a central chimney. The courtyard is roofed as a central hall, and later alterations included the addition of fireclay top balustrades to the blocking courses.
Local climate
Aden House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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