Water Tower, Keptie Hill, Arbroath is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 October 1971. Water tower. 2 related planning applications.

Water Tower, Keptie Hill, Arbroath

WRENN ID
fallow-newel-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 October 1971
Type
Water tower
OS grid reference
NO 635 407
Coordinates
56.5576, -2.59486
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Water Tower at Keptie Hill in Arbroath is a building designed in a sham medieval style, constructed in 1885 by architect Wm. Gillespie Lamond from Friockheim. It features rusticated red sandstone walls, along with towers and machicolated battlements. The tower is situated on an elevated site.

Local climate

Water Tower, Keptie Hill, Arbroath 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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