Gate Piers, Viewfield House, Dunfermline is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 March 2000. Gatepiers.

Gate Piers, Viewfield House, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
sharp-quoin-poplar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 March 2000
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NT 095 874
Coordinates
56.07099, -3.45525
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gate piers at Viewfield House in Dunfermline date from the early 19th century and served as the former entrance to the estate. They consist of a pair of square-plan gate piers featuring a classical frieze. The piers are made of coursed sandstone rubble with a polished sandstone ashlar outer elevation and dressings. The north elevation displays V-jointed masonry and a festooned frieze, while the frieze elsewhere includes triglyphs. Above the frieze is a moulded cornice or coping. The gates are made of timber and were added in the late 20th century. On either side of the gate piers, there are sandstone rubble walls; the wall to the west has an adjacent pedestrian entrance with a droved ashlar surround, while the wall to the east has been significantly reduced in height.

Local climate

Gate Piers, Viewfield House, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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