Gordon Schools, Castle Road, Huntly is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. School. 1 related planning application.
Gordon Schools, Castle Road, Huntly
- WRENN ID
- knotted-wicket-auburn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- School
- Address
- Gordon Schools, Castle Road, Huntly, AB54 4SE
- OS grid reference
- NJ 530 403
- Coordinates
- 57.45057, -2.78334
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Gordon Schools, located on Castle Road in Huntly, were designed by Archibald Simpson between 1839 and 1841, with later additions by A. Marshall Mackenzie of Matthews and Mackenzie in 1888 that complement the original design. The building features a symmetrical Jacobean style and is two stories high. It is constructed from ashlar stone and has a central pend arch along with an ogee-capped octagonal tower. A bell made by Mears was added in 1840.
Local climate
Gordon Schools, Castle Road, Huntly receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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