Foiseil Kingarroch (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972. 3 related planning applications.
Foiseil Kingarroch (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie
- WRENN ID
- patient-plinth-myrtle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1972
- Address
- Foiseil Kingarroch (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie, KY15 5QA
- OS grid reference
- NO 378 109
- Coordinates
- 56.28705, -3.00503
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kingarroch Cottage, formerly known as Ye Kingarrach Inn, dates from the later 18th century. The main section is a two-storey building with three windows, situated with its ground floor below road level and featuring a railed area. It is constructed from rubble that is whitewashed with painted margins, retains original glazing, and has a pantiled roof with slate skirting and ashlar chimneys.
To the north, there is a single-storey addition with a basement, which has an ashlar front and features two windows and a central door, topped with a slated roof. The southern cottage is a single-storey structure with a lower floor, showcasing two windows and a central door, along with one window and one door on the lower floor. There is also a garage outbuilding at the gable. The overall appearance of the cottage is picturesque.
Local climate
Foiseil Kingarroch (Former Ye Kingarrach Inn) Main Street, Craigrothie receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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