Kilnhillock Farm Steading is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 May 1990. Steading.

Kilnhillock Farm Steading

WRENN ID
pale-wall-hemlock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 May 1990
Type
Steading
OS grid reference
NJ 536 657
Coordinates
57.67938, -2.77866
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilnhillock Farm Steading is an early 19th-century substantial U-plan steading range featuring a free-standing rectangular stable block at its center. The building is constructed from coursed rubble with contrasting tooled grey granite dressings.

The U-plan range includes a wide south-facing five-bay center block with a rear wing that once housed threshing machinery powered by a water wheel, which has since been removed. The center has a segmental-headed entrance flanked by a single window on each side, with pedestrian doorways located in the outer bays. There are seven regular loft vents positioned below the eaves.

On either side of the center block, there are five single-storey segmental-headed arched bays, with return wings that contain byres, which have been altered on the east side.

The stable block is a long rectangular single-storey structure with a loft that also includes a forge-workshop and accommodation for farm workers. The roofs are covered with slate, likely sourced from Aberdeenshire.

Local climate

Kilnhillock Farm Steading sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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