17 Main Street, Thornton is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1996. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

17 Main Street, Thornton

WRENN ID
tilted-banister-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1996
Type
Cottage
Address
17 Main Street, Thornton, KY1 4AF
OS grid reference
NT 289 974
Coordinates
56.16437, -3.14556
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

17 Main Street is a single storey, three bay cottage dating from the earlier 19th century, situated within an irregular terrace. The building is constructed of painted rubble and features long and short quoins.

The entrance elevation is symmetrical, with a part glazed timber door at the center, positioned beneath a large modern fascia. There are fixed windows with a 12 pane glazing pattern in the flanking bays. The roof is covered with traditional pantiles, and there is a harled stack with cans and thackstane, which is painted ashlar and skewed to the rear only.

Local climate

17 Main Street, Thornton receives an average of 910 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 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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