Stables And Dovecot, Meldrum House is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Outer gate and stable block. 1 related planning application.
Stables And Dovecot, Meldrum House
- WRENN ID
- eternal-hammer-merlin
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Outer gate and stable block
- OS grid reference
- NJ 812 290
- Coordinates
- 57.35194, -2.31379
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stables and dovecot at Meldrum House date back to 1628 and are arranged in a U-plan block. They were altered in the late 18th century with the addition of coach-houses and some minor changes from the Simpson period. The gatehouse features a dovecot on the upper floor, which has corbelled angle pinnacles and displays a fine Royal Arms on the northwest face. The ground floor is tunnel-vaulted and includes arched recesses on either side, with two bosses in the main vault and one in the soffits of the recesses. The northwest arch is richly rusticated, while a later chamfered outer portal overshadows it, and the southeast arch is roll-moulded. The wings are two-storey and harled, with mostly original openings that are chamfered. Semi-circular coach house arches were inserted in the late 18th century, possibly in 1777, as indicated by a detached panel.
Local climate
Stables And Dovecot, Meldrum House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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