Learney Arms Hotel, The Square, Torphins is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 2 related planning applications.
Learney Arms Hotel, The Square, Torphins
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-glass-coral
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Address
- Learney Arms Hotel, The Square, Torphins, AB31 4GP
- OS grid reference
- NJ 624 017
- Coordinates
- 57.10531, -2.62226
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Learney Arms Hotel is a building of group value, comprising an early 19th century or earlier rear section and a later front block. The original rear portion is in an L-shape and is harled with margins. A prominent canted entrance bay is incorporated into the angle of the rear section. The front part of the hotel was constructed in 1874 or later, and is of two storeys and an attic, built in ashlar granite. A three-storey tower is a feature of the front elevation. Contracts for the building appeared in the Aberdeen Journal on April 8th, 1874, though the architect is not specified.
Local climate
Learney Arms Hotel, The Square, Torphins receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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