Balmanno Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Castle.
Balmanno Castle
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-beam-hazel
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NO 143 155
- Coordinates
- 56.32478, -3.38643
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balmanno Castle was built between 1570 and 1580 for George Auchinleck. It features an L-plan layout with a 62-foot tower located in the re-entrant angle. The castle is four storeys high, with a vaulted ground floor and a wheel stair leading to the second floor level, topped by a corbelled turret stair. Around 1800, the castle underwent alterations and was restored by Sir R.S. Lorimer between 1916 and 1921, with interior work done in the Scots 17th century style. The turret stair was heightened and given a bell roof, along with other modifications. There is a single-storey and attic addition, which includes a further small recent addition by I.G. Lindsay. The property also features rubble-built garden walls, a garden house with a forestair and bell roof, and a gatehouse designed in a V-plan with dormer heads, all in a neo 17th century style. Notable craftsmanship includes plasterwork by Sam Wilson and Thomas Beattie, ironwork by Thomas Hadden, and roof ridge beasts by Louis Deuchars.
Local climate
Balmanno Castle 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 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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