Old Fincastle House is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Old Fincastle House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-plaster-bracken
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 867 621
- Coordinates
- 56.73742, -3.85237
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Old Fincastle House is a 2-storey building dating from approximately 1640, with significant alterations in the 18th century. The main part of the house is constructed of rubble and presents a roughly symmetrical frontage, with six windows and a doorway on the ground floor, and five windows above. A window lintel bearing an inscription dates from 1640. The doorway is dated 1702. The interior is of good quality, particularly the panelled drawing room with a central ceiling piece likely by Clayton. A single-storey and attic wing is attached to the southwest. Marriage lintels from 1751 and 1754 have been remodelled, probably in 1807, as evidenced by the date above the door.
Local climate
Old Fincastle House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 73 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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