Kinnordy Museum And Observatory is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Museum, observatory. 1 related planning application.
Kinnordy Museum And Observatory
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-grate-finch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Museum, observatory
- OS grid reference
- NO 369 550
- Coordinates
- 56.68327, -3.03069
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kinnordy Museum and Observatory is a two-storey building designed in a battlemented Gothic style. It features a round observation tower that rises to a corbelled balcony, which is topped by a cupola and lantern. The building may date from the late 18th century.
Local climate
Kinnordy Museum And Observatory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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