Fordoun School, Auchenblae is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. School.
Fordoun School, Auchenblae
- WRENN ID
- wild-clay-blackthorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1980
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- NO 725 785
- Coordinates
- 56.89726, -2.45215
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Fordoun School, built in 1889, is a single-storey building with a symmetrical shallow E-shaped front. It is constructed from hammer-dressed coursed stone, featuring polished ashlar dressings. The outer gables have stepped three-light segment-headed windows with slim shafts and a segmental pediment above the central light. The central gable contains a shouldered two-light window with a broad mullion, flanked by narrow lights, all beneath a stepped hood mould. The recessed links include a segment-headed window and a shouldered door with a rectangular fanlight. The side elevations feature gables with two-light windows and two additional windows. The glazing is small-paned. The roofs are slated, with crow-stepped gables topped with finials. The enclosure consists of a part stone wall and part railings on a stone base, with square ashlar gatepiers.
Local climate
Fordoun School, Auchenblae receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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