Doocot, Crathes Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Doocot.
Doocot, Crathes Castle
- WRENN ID
- night-hearth-snow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 734 966
- Coordinates
- 57.06005, -2.43884
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Doocot at Crathes Castle is a small square structure made of rubble, featuring a forestair and a slated pyramidal roof. It likely dates back to the early 19th century but was rebuilt on its current site in 1935. Notably, it includes an inset stone from the Houses of Parliament.
Local climate
Doocot, Crathes Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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