4 Main Street, Portsoy is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 February 1982. Cottage.

4 Main Street, Portsoy

WRENN ID
long-forge-sepia
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 February 1982
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NJ 590 663
Coordinates
57.68515, -2.68788
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

4 Main Street in Portsoy is an early 19th century single-storey cottage. It features three bays, with an additional two bays extending from the south return gable, likely part of a former two-bay dwelling. The building is constructed of rubble with a harled gable, while the rear and extension have cement rendered margins and reveals. The front has a central door and a single window on the street gable, with plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows. The end and ridge stacks have been renewed, and the roof is covered with pantiles, featuring a slate easing course and a pottery ridge.

Local climate

4 Main Street, Portsoy 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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 0.2°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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