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
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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