Kingsford House is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. House.

Kingsford House

WRENN ID
lapsed-tower-stoat
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 563 146
Coordinates
57.2207, -2.72434
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kingsford House is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed in 1849 by J.F. Beattie. It features a three-window facade made of granite ashlar. The entrance has a Roman Doric porch supported by red granite shafts. There are three splayed dormers on the roof. Additionally, a later four-storey tower with a crenellated top has been added to the northwest corner of the building.

Local climate

Kingsford House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 45 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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