Morris's Hotel, Market Square, Oldmeldrum is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Hotel. 7 related planning applications.

Morris's Hotel, Market Square, Oldmeldrum

WRENN ID
dark-attic-stoat
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Hotel
Address
Morris's Hotel, Market Square, Oldmeldrum, AB51 0DS
OS grid reference
NJ 808 271
Coordinates
57.3349, -2.32041
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Morris's Hotel, located in Market Square, Oldmeldrum, opened in 1673 and was originally a coffee house. The building is two stories high with an attic and features two windows. It has a gable facing the square with chamfered openings and skewputts. There is a late tripartite doorpiece and canted dormers, although the building has an unfortunate modern dry dash harl. Additionally, the space between the inn and the outbuilding has been recently infilled.

Local climate

Morris's Hotel, Market Square, Oldmeldrum receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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