Gertrude Cottage, Cortachy Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Gertrude Cottage, Cortachy Castle

WRENN ID
steep-corner-pearl
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Gertrude Cottage, Cortachy Castle, DD8 4QD
OS grid reference
NO 393 592
Coordinates
56.72054, -2.99327
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gertrude Cottage is a small single-storey building designed in the Tudor-Gothic style. Constructed in the mid-19th century, it is made of rubble and slate and features a central gable. This cottage was originally built as a gamekeeper's residence.

Local climate

Gertrude Cottage, Cortachy Castle 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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