Market Cross, Castle Street, Turriff is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Cross.

Market Cross, Castle Street, Turriff

WRENN ID
lunar-chalk-acorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
NJ 723 498
Coordinates
57.53748, -2.46429
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Market Cross on Castle Street in Turriff was designed by architect James Duncan and sculpted by Thomas Goodwillie in 1865. It is a Gothic octagonal structure made of red sandstone, topped with the shaft of the original cross.

Local climate

Market Cross, Castle Street, Turriff receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 57, 59 High Street, Turriff Grade B 47 m
  2. 2 Putachie Path, Turriff Grade C 63 m
  3. 4 Putachie Path, Turriff Grade C 67 m
  4. 6 Putachie Path, Turriff Grade C 70 m
  5. 8 Putachie Path, Turriff Grade C 73 m
  6. Burial Ground And Gateway, Saint Congan's Church, Turriff Grade B 74 m
  7. Saint Congan's Church, Turriff Grade A 76 m
  8. Council Offices, High Street, Turriff Grade C 116 m
  9. 21 High Street, Turriff Grade C 154 m
  10. 3 Manse Terrace, Turriff Grade B 155 m