Golden Gates, Cortachy Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Gate.
Golden Gates, Cortachy Castle
- WRENN ID
- late-threshold-peregrine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Gate
- OS grid reference
- NO 394 596
- Coordinates
- 56.72502, -2.99025
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Golden Gates at Cortachy Castle are decorative wrought iron gates, crafted in an Italian style, likely dating from the 17th century. They have been modified and are now set between ashlar gatepiers that were added in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Golden Gates, 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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