Disused Privy, Fyvie Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Disused Privy, Fyvie Castle
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-hall-violet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NJ 762 393
- Coordinates
- 57.44354, -2.39667
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 18th century disused privy situated between Fyvie Castle and Ivy Bridge. It is a small, square building constructed of red rubble with red sandstone dressings. It features an ogee moulded eaves course and a pyramid roof. The building’s listing reflects its group interest within the wider context of Fyvie Castle. The listing applies to both the building’s interior and exterior, where appropriate for a structure of this type.
Local climate
Disused Privy, Fyvie 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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