Aldbar School is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971.

Aldbar School

WRENN ID
turning-marble-merlin
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
OS grid reference
NO 575 573
Coordinates
56.70633, -2.69437
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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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

Aldbar School 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Gates, Aldbar Castle Grade B 22 m
  2. Terracing And Gazebo, Aldbar Castle Grade B 552 m
  3. Bridge, Aldbar Grade C 612 m
  4. Aldbar Chapel Grade C 865 m
  5. West lodges and gateway, Aldbar Castle Grade C 1.1 km
  6. Bridge, Aldbar Castle Grade C 1.2 km
  7. Blaikie Mill Grade C 1.3 km
  8. Mains Of Ardovie Grade B 1.6 km
  9. South Esk Bridge, Stannochy Grade A 1.9 km
  10. Kintrockat House Grade A 1.9 km