Mains Of Cowie Steading is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980.

Mains Of Cowie Steading

WRENN ID
sharp-cloister-ebony
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 November 1980
OS grid reference
NO 876 868
Coordinates
56.97245, -2.2042
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early to mid-19th century steading, or farm complex. It is primarily rubble-built with ashlar stone details. The main range features three segmentally arched cartsheds, although evidence suggests there were originally more, as it has been altered by an addition set at a right angle. One side of the main range has cartsheds, while the other side has a pyramid-roofed, square-plan outshot; this outshot incorporates a raised door within a piended dormerhead. An anvil stands on a stand outside the steading. Further single-storey and single-storey-and-loft barns, and cattlesheds are also part of the complex. The roofs are mainly slated, although some sections are covered with asbestos.

Local climate

Mains Of Cowie Steading receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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