Cluny 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.
Cluny Castle
- WRENN ID
- hollow-wicket-dawn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Cluny Castle, AB51 7RT
- OS grid reference
- NJ 688 127
- Coordinates
- 57.20439, -2.51641
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Cluny Castle is an A-listed building designed by John Smith between 1836 and 1840, incorporating a Z-plan castle from 1604, likely by I. Bol. The castle features a three-storey structure with towers rising to four and five storeys. It is built in a castellated ashlar neo-Tudor style, characterized by corbelled angle features, crenellated parapets, and machicolated round towers. The symmetrical front includes a porch with three semi-elliptical arches situated between twin towers, one of which dates back to 1604 but has a completely rebuilt top. The back wings enclose a court, and there is a large neo-perpendicular chapel with an apse and stone tracery.
Inside, the castle showcases a Graeco-Renaissance style, featuring an octagonal entrance hall with red granite antae and a spectacular staircase with carved wooden balustrade panels. The first floor and corridor are adorned with Corinthian details, and the drawing room boasts rich plasterwork. A notable circular room features a tent ceiling.
Local climate
Cluny Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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