The Riggin, Gartly is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 2 related planning applications.
The Riggin, Gartly
- WRENN ID
- silent-corridor-starling
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Address
- The Riggin, Gartly, AB54 4RR
- OS grid reference
- NJ 526 350
- Coordinates
- 57.40302, -2.79016
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Riggin is a former school, possibly dating back to 1756 and originally a manse that was later converted. It is a 2-storey building with a 4-window front. The structure is built of split boulder rubble, which has been harl-pointed. There are single-storey wings to the rear. The building is currently in a dilapidated condition. Further details are recorded in the Ordnance Survey Abstracts, volumes 11, page 140, and 13, page 101.
Local climate
The Riggin, Gartly receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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