Falkland Palace, Walls enclosing palace including gates is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. Palace. 7 related planning applications.

Falkland Palace, Walls enclosing palace including gates

WRENN ID
riven-hammer-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Type
Palace
Address
Falkland Palace, Walls enclosing palace including gates, KY15 7BY
OS grid reference
NO 253 074
Coordinates
56.2535, -3.20689
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Falkland Palace features walls that enclose the palace, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with additional work by John Kinross in the 1890s. The high walls are built of rubble, and a section in front of the palace is railed, supported by rusticated gatepiers that have console finials. Within the railed area stands a statue of Onesiphorns Tyndall Bruce, created by Sir John Steell in 1865. This statue is made of bronze and is mounted on a square plinth with nookshafts.

Local climate

Falkland Palace, Walls enclosing palace including gates receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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