Kirkton is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Farmhouse.

Kirkton

WRENN ID
patient-hammer-clover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
NO 725 784
Coordinates
56.89626, -2.45233
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kirkton is an 18th-century former coaching inn that has been somewhat altered. The building is two stories high and has a harled exterior. It features a five-window frontage and a wallhead chimney gablet. There is an empty plaque located between the third and fourth bays, with a door positioned in the third bay. The fourth bay on the ground floor has a bipartite window. The roof is slated and includes gable and two ridge stacks.

Local climate

Kirkton receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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