Oldyard is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Oldyard
- WRENN ID
- riven-spindle-lark
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NJ 988 317
- Coordinates
- 57.37635, -2.02134
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Oldyard is a circa 1780 to 1800 building, originally a 3-window, 2-storey structure. It is constructed of pinned split boulder rubble, which was formerly harled. The building features coped chimneys. A single window is visible on the rear wall; the bathroom window is a modern replacement. Original woodwork remains throughout the building, including details relating to the stair. Nearby is an old walled garden. The statutory address is Oldyard.
Local climate
Oldyard receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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