Fountain House, High Street, Falkland is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 December 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Fountain House, High Street, Falkland

WRENN ID
tangled-nave-sparrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 December 1971
Type
House
Address
Fountain House, High Street, Falkland, KY15 7BU
OS grid reference
NO 252 073
Coordinates
56.25315, -3.20843
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fountain House, located on High Street in Falkland, dates back to 1735, as indicated by the date on the lintel. This two-storey building features three windows and is finished with harling that has margins. The roof is slated, and it has a distinctive corbelled corner along with a grotesque head as a skewputt.

Local climate

Fountain House, High Street, Falkland 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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