Kirk Gate, Glamis Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Gatepiers.
Kirk Gate, Glamis Castle
- WRENN ID
- iron-quoin-soot
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NO 386 469
- Coordinates
- 56.61, -3.00164
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kirk Gate at Glamis Castle is a late 17th century structure that was built on this site in 1774. It features square-section ashlar gatepiers with rusticated long and short-work quoins. The gatepiers have 'book rest' caps, a cornice, and carved orb finials. The rear (north) elevation is buttressed, and there are ashlar-coped, lean-to flanking walls.
Local climate
Kirk Gate, Glamis Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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