Kincardine Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Castle.

Kincardine Castle

WRENN ID
sacred-hammer-gorse
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
Castle
OS grid reference
NN 949 114
Coordinates
56.28379, -3.69858
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kincardine Castle is a Gothic-style building constructed between 1801 and 1803, possibly designed by Richard Crichton. It is a symmetrical structure with two storeys and a basement, built from squared coursed rubble. The northwest entrance front features a three-window center with a raised parapet, which previously had a crenellated canted porch with arches between octagonal turrets. The outer bays on this front have canted oriel windows, with two-light windows above. The northeast and southwest elevations each have two square-headed windows with hood moulds, with a modern addition on the northeast side. The southeast front has a three-window center bow flanked by angle turrets and one window on either side, with the basement extending to a full storey on this elevation. The parapet has traceried metal details, while the stone center features are notable. Inside, the simple interior includes an entrance hall with an arcaded Gothic cornice, while the rest of the detailing is mainly classical.

Local climate

Kincardine Castle 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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