The Library, Main Street, Kingsbarns is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.

The Library, Main Street, Kingsbarns

WRENN ID
iron-moat-crow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1971
Address
The Library, Main Street, Kingsbarns, KY16 8TA
OS grid reference
NO 592 121
Coordinates
56.30012, -2.65987
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Library is a two-storey building located on Main Street, Kingsbarns. It appears to have originated in the 17th century, with a clearly-marked doorpiece dated 16 W (?) RW 90 situated on the west front, overlooking the farm court. The building’s roof is of a later date, being hipped and covered in pantiles. The exterior is harled. The building was altered in 1911, with the insertion of a door on the east side.

Local climate

The Library, Main Street, Kingsbarns receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  3. Smithy, North Street, Kingsbarns Grade B 34 m
  4. Kingsbarns Farm, Main Street, Kingsbarns Grade B 38 m
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  8. Torrie House, Station Road, Kingsbarns Grade B 43 m
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