Gannochy Tower is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980.

Gannochy Tower

WRENN ID
kindled-alcove-wind
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 November 1980
OS grid reference
NO 602 706
Coordinates
56.82541, -2.65297
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gannochy Tower is a small, later 18th century, D-plan enclosure, now standing as a shell. It is a tall structure with a keyblocked arch at the east side and a blind arch at the west side. The tower is constructed with coursed stone and has slate "cherry cocking."

Local climate

Gannochy Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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 0.3°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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