Terpersie Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Castle. 1 related planning application.
Terpersie Castle
- WRENN ID
- empty-barrel-vale
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Terpersie Castle, AB33 8QR
- OS grid reference
- NJ 546 202
- Coordinates
- 57.27044, -2.75372
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Terpersie Castle is a former castle that was originally dated to 1561. It was burned in 1665 and restored, but it became deserted in 1885 and is now in a ruinous state. The castle features a Z-plan layout, which is among the earliest or second earliest known examples of this design.
The structure is three stories high and built from rubble, with dormer heads. The ground floor is unvaulted and measures 28 feet by 18 feet. It includes circular towers that are 17 feet in diameter and polygonal internally, with corbelled stair turrets at the angles. The southeast angle features a corbel with the letter 'G' for Gordon.
A later southeast wing, which was illustrated in Giles and C. & D. Arch., has been completely demolished. A loophole with a boar's head top and a datestone from 1561 is now located at Knockospock House. The moat surrounding the castle has been completely drained.
Local climate
Terpersie Castle receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 50 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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