Gates, Aldbar Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. School.
Gates, Aldbar Castle
- WRENN ID
- ruined-rubble-amber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- NO 575 573
- Coordinates
- 56.70614, -2.69447
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gates at Aldbar Castle are a single-storey structure with attics, designed in a Gothic style. They feature a porch and a bellcote, and are constructed with pinned ashlar, dating from 1850. The gates are complemented by good cast iron railings and simple gatepiers.
Local climate
Gates, Aldbar Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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