The Greek House, 2 Tanhouse Brae, Culross is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1972. House.
The Greek House, 2 Tanhouse Brae, Culross
- WRENN ID
- empty-mullion-yarrow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1972
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NS 986 859
- Coordinates
- 56.05577, -3.62841
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Greek House, located at 2 Tanhouse Brae in Culross, is a 17th-century, two-storey, four-bay house with an advanced right bay. The exterior features pink harl with exposed stone surrounds and includes a Greek inscription above a blocked door.
On the south elevation, there is an off-centre door flanked by windows. The far right bay is semi-octagonal and has a roll-moulded doorway that has been converted into a window. The Greek inscription in the lintel translates to "God provides and will provide." There are two first-floor windows in the left section and a single first-floor window in the advanced bay. A plaque from the National Trust for Scotland is located below the left window.
The west elevation is attached to The Study, while the north elevation is partially visible and includes a ground floor window on the right and a first-floor window above it, with a lean-to structure on the left. The east elevation is attached to 3 Tanhouse Brae.
The house predominantly features 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with a 16-pane window in the former door and a round-headed sash and case window to the right of the entrance door. The entrance has a timber studded door with a tirling pin. The roof is pitched and covered with clay pantiles, featuring a gable apex stack to the west and a rear wallhead stack.
The interior was not seen in 2001.
Local climate
The Greek House, 2 Tanhouse Brae, Culross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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