Ruthven Tower, Aucherarder is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.

Ruthven Tower, Aucherarder

WRENN ID
endless-tin-larch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Hotel
Address
Ruthven Tower, Aucherarder, PH3 1DN
OS grid reference
NN 951 130
Coordinates
56.29796, -3.69625
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ruthven Tower in Auchterarder was designed by William Leiper and completed in 1882. This building showcases a Franco-Scottish early Renaissance style, constructed from red snecked rubble with white sandstone dressings. It features a two-storey main block that includes a circular conical-roofed angle tower, a semi-circular bay, an oriel window, and elaborate dormer heads. The structure is adorned with a significant amount of sculpture and also includes a single-storey service wing with an attic.

Local climate

Ruthven Tower, Aucherarder sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 69 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 0.2°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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