Forbes Arms Hotel, Bridge Of Alford is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Forbes Arms Hotel, Bridge Of Alford

WRENN ID
eastward-niche-pigeon
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
Inn
Address
Forbes Arms Hotel, Bridge Of Alford, AB33 8QJ
OS grid reference
NJ 561 172
Coordinates
57.24361, -2.72812
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Forbes Arms Hotel, located at the Bridge of Alford, is an early 19th century building, dating from 1838. It is designed in an L-shape and has two stories with three windows. The exterior features rough ashlar stonework that is partially pinned. There is a later addition of a crenellated porch, and the back wing has been altered with a mansard roof.

Local climate

Forbes Arms Hotel, Bridge Of Alford 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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