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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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