Gatepiers To Forecourt, Barra Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Gatepiers.

Gatepiers To Forecourt, Barra Castle

WRENN ID
north-chamber-wagtail
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NJ 792 257
Coordinates
57.32181, -2.34585
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gatepiers to the forecourt of Barra Castle were likely built in 1753. They feature a simple square pattern and are topped with ball finials.

Local climate

Gatepiers To Forecourt, Barra Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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