Brander Library, 17 The Square, Huntly is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Library. 1 related planning application.
Brander Library, 17 The Square, Huntly
- WRENN ID
- slow-granite-laurel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 September 1984
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Brander Library, 17 The Square, Huntly, AB54 8BR
- OS grid reference
- NJ 529 400
- Coordinates
- 57.44789, -2.78559
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Brander Library, located at 17 The Square in Huntly, was built between 1883 and 1885 by J. Rhind from Inverness. This two-storey building is designed in the Neo-Perpendicular style and features Kemnay granite with Auchindoir freestone dressings. It includes mullioned and transomed windows, and an impressive staircase leads to a library hall that measures 54 feet by 24 feet, which boasts an open timber roof. The sculptor Davidson from Inverness contributed to the library's design.
Local climate
Brander Library, 17 The Square, Huntly receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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