Mains Of Rainnieston is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Mains Of Rainnieston
- WRENN ID
- last-mortar-primrose
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NJ 937 262
- Coordinates
- 57.32656, -2.10615
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mains of Rainnieston is an unusual building, likely dating from around 1780 to 1800. It is a tall, two-storey and basement structure with a piend roof, notable for its height and two coped chimneys constructed of cherry-cocked granite ashlar. The south front has three windows across its facade, with two-light windows on each floor. The gables each feature one window, with some windows being blind. The north wall contains two windows and a three-storey and basement square projection with a piend roof, which houses the stairwell and incorporates a doorway in the re-entrant angle. Basement openings suggest the former presence of shutters.
The interior is reported to have suffered fire damage approximately 70 years ago, but it appears largely unaltered, featuring late 18th-century joinery throughout, which is described as severely plain. A large square stairwell contains a cantilevered staircase with a simple rail.
The building demonstrates an unusual awareness of security for its date. The name "Raniston" appears in a parish account from 1725, suggesting an earlier presence on the site.
Local climate
Mains Of Rainnieston 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 greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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