Thornybank is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
Thornybank
- WRENN ID
- narrow-cloister-bone
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thornybank, AB56 5AN
- OS grid reference
- NJ 426 620
- Coordinates
- 57.64441, -2.96165
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thornybank is a house dated 1759, likely incorporating earlier elements. It is a two-storey, three-bay structure facing south, with a long single-storey wing at right angles to the west gable. The exterior is harled, and the central door is obscured by a modern glazed sun porch. The windows are regularly arranged on both the front and rear, with surviving grill seatings in the ground floor jambs and lower first-floor windows. The rear elevation features windows in the outer bays and a central stair window, along with small attic lights in each gable, all with four-pane glazing. The house has end stacks and slate roofs.
Inside, there is a wide curved stone staircase, with treads that are likely re-used. No other original features remain.
Local climate
Thornybank 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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