Thornton Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1972. Tower house. 2 related planning applications.
Thornton Castle
- WRENN ID
- small-corridor-martin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1972
- Type
- Tower house
- Address
- Thornton Castle, AB30 1EB
- OS grid reference
- NO 687 718
- Coordinates
- 56.83676, -2.51373
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thornton Castle is a small square tower house that dates back to 1531. It stands three storeys high and features an elaborately corbelled parapet with angle rounds and a crowstepped cap-house. Attached to the main structure is a lower two-storey wing, which likely dates from the 17th or early 18th century, along with a round tower that also has three storeys. The building was remodelled around 1822, during which crenellated parapets were added to the wing, and the top stage of the round tower received buttresses and chimneyheads, likely from the same period. There have been further alterations and additions made later on. The castle is constructed from rubble and has slated roofs.
Local climate
Thornton Castle receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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