Walled Garden, Ellon Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Garden.

Walled Garden, Ellon Castle

WRENN ID
gentle-stone-dust
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
NJ 959 306
Coordinates
57.36626, -2.06815
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at Ellon Castle dates back to 1715. It is rectangular in shape, measuring approximately 180 by 130 yards, and features a raised terrace at the north end made of pinned boulder rubble. The garden underwent significant repairs in 1851 and was extended to the south.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Ellon Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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