Banff Castle Enclosing Walls surrounding Policies, Banff Castle, Castle Street is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 March 1995. Wall. 13 related planning applications.

Banff Castle Enclosing Walls surrounding Policies, Banff Castle, Castle Street

WRENN ID
upper-sentry-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 March 1995
Type
Wall
Address
Banff Castle Enclosing Walls surrounding Policies, Banff Castle, Castle Street, AB45 1DL
OS grid reference
NJ 688 641
Coordinates
57.66602, -2.52344
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The enclosing walls of Banff Castle, built in 1750 and later, are made of coped rubble, with some sections covered in harling. These walls separate Banff Castle from Castle Street and extend south to the Old Castle Gate and Water Path. A further stretch of walling runs along George Street and encloses the grounds behind High Shore.

Local climate

Banff Castle Enclosing Walls surrounding Policies, Banff Castle, Castle Street receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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