Free Manse, Pitcaple is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Cottage.
Free Manse, Pitcaple
- WRENN ID
- crooked-joist-furze
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 September 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NJ 722 252
- Coordinates
- 57.31695, -2.4621
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Free Manse in Pitcaple is a cottage-style building dating from 1853. It is two stories high and features a symmetrical three-window front. The design includes two advanced gables and a central gablet adorned with quatrefoils. The entrance has a consoled doorpiece with a pedimental blocking course. The exterior is harled with margins, and it retains its original glazing.
Local climate
Free Manse, Pitcaple receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% 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, 40 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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