Pair Of Urns, West Terrace, Dunecht House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Ornamental feature.
Pair Of Urns, West Terrace, Dunecht House
- WRENN ID
- third-entrance-tallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Ornamental feature
- OS grid reference
- NJ 750 078
- Coordinates
- 57.16084, -2.41494
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a pair of large lead urns from the 17th century, featuring impressive bas relief designs. They are located on the West Terrace of Dunecht House.
Local climate
Pair Of Urns, West Terrace, Dunecht House 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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