Rachel's Inn, 2 Main Street, Leuchars is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973.

Rachel's Inn, 2 Main Street, Leuchars

WRENN ID
brooding-wattle-shade
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 October 1973
OS grid reference
NO 456 213
Coordinates
56.38139, -2.88233
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Rachel's Inn, at 2 Main Street, Leuchars, is a late 18th-century building, originally part of an unfinished row. It is constructed of droved rubble with margins, and features original glazing in the windows, as well as a rectangular fanlight above the door. The rear gable has a crowstepped design, and a lamp bracket is affixed to the door. The roof is now covered with modern felt slates.

The building holds special group value due to its immediate proximity to the Romanesque portion of the church. Several nearby structures, formerly listed as items 454, 457-60, and 463, have since been demolished or reconstructed.

The listing reflects the building's group interest, meaning it applies to both the interior and exterior, as appropriate. It was re-categorised as a Category C(S) building in 2006, having previously held a B listing.

Local climate

Rachel's Inn, 2 Main Street, Leuchars receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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