Orchard Vaults And Bee Boles, Ceres is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972. Vaults.
Orchard Vaults And Bee Boles, Ceres
- WRENN ID
- knotted-quoin-lake
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1972
- Type
- Vaults
- OS grid reference
- NO 400 113
- Coordinates
- 56.29081, -2.97044
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Orchard Vaults and Bee Boles in Ceres likely date from the late 18th century and appear to be unfinished. The structure features rough ashlar walls and is situated on a sloping site. It has a central terrace with a central transe and vaulted chambers on either side, each with two windows and a central door. The openings are pointed, and there are triplicated Roman Doric pilasters at each end.
Local climate
Orchard Vaults And Bee Boles, Ceres receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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