Inverquharity Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Castle. 1 related planning application.
Inverquharity Castle
- WRENN ID
- nether-obsidian-lake
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Inverquharity Castle, DD8 4LW
- OS grid reference
- NO 411 579
- Coordinates
- 56.70953, -2.96338
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Inverquharity Castle is a four-storey tower house built in the 15th century. Originally designed in an L-shape, it is constructed from ashlar stone and features two vaulted floors. The castle is topped with corbelled battlements that include angle bartizans and machicolations, along with a gabled caphouse. The entrance door is set in a re-entrant and has a pointed arch, which contains an iron yett.
Local climate
Inverquharity 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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