Colliston Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Castle. 4 related planning applications.
Colliston Castle
- WRENN ID
- grim-buttress-summer
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Colliston Castle, DD11 3RS
- OS grid reference
- NO 612 464
- Coordinates
- 56.60795, -2.63283
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Colliston Castle is a four-storey Z-plan building featuring round angle towers and a vaulted basement. It was originally constructed in 1583 and underwent alterations in 1621 and again in 1893, during which large baronial additions were made by architects Hay, Henderson, and Tarbolton.
Local climate
Colliston Castle 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 4 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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