Barnyards Of Midmar is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Mansion house.

Barnyards Of Midmar

WRENN ID
gilded-brass-pearl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Mansion house
OS grid reference
NJ 702 054
Coordinates
57.13883, -2.49264
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Barnyards of Midmar is a castellated Gothic building, likely constructed around 1796. The front wall features a central archway and drum angle towers, all finished with harled plaster. At the rear, there is a courtyard that was reconstructed as a mansion house between 1965 and 1966, while retaining the original features. Additionally, there are slight remains of a rectangular doocot located at the rear.

Local climate

Barnyards Of Midmar receives an average of 870 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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