Victoria Fountain, The Square, Aberchirder is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 March 1994. Fountain.
Victoria Fountain, The Square, Aberchirder
- WRENN ID
- cold-beam-martin
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1994
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Victoria Fountain, The Square, Aberchirder, AB54 7TA
- OS grid reference
- NJ 624 524
- Coordinates
- 57.5602, -2.62873
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Victoria Fountain, located in The Square, Aberchirder, was built in 1897 and presented by W Achinachie, the Provost of Aberchirder. It is positioned on the south side of The Square and is made of polished Peterhead and grey granite. The fountain features three granite steps leading up to a cylindrical base, which has bowed basins on the east and west sides, with inscriptions on the north and south sides. Above the base, there is a carved urn surrounded by six columns supported by decorative corbels. The fountain is topped with an incised dome and a large ball finial.
Local climate
Victoria Fountain, The Square, Aberchirder receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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