Balmakewan House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
Balmakewan House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-porch-hazel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Balmakewan House, AB30 1QX
- OS grid reference
- NO 668 664
- Coordinates
- 56.7883, -2.5444
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balmakewan House, built around 1825 to 1830, is a two-storey building with a basement, constructed from ashlar stone. It has a rectangular plan and features a five-window front, with the central bay being slightly advanced. The entrance is marked by a Greek Doric column doorpiece, and there is a segmentally arched recess above the central first-floor window. The ground floor windows are architraved and topped with cornices. The flanking sections of the house have a plain four-window design without architraves. Inside, there is an impressive central hall with a top light, although it has been significantly altered in the late 19th century and again more recently.
Local climate
Balmakewan House 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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- 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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