Witches Tower, Craigflower House, Torryburn is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 June 1972. Cellar.

Witches Tower, Craigflower House, Torryburn

WRENN ID
eternal-alcove-crag
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 June 1972
Type
Cellar
OS grid reference
NT 030 852
Coordinates
56.04998, -3.55874
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Witches Tower at Craigflower House in Torryburn features two barrel-vaulted cellars that are interconnected. These cellars are the remains of a 17th century Laird's house and are now part of the outhouses. Additionally, there is a fragmentary 19th century figure of witches on the roof.

Local climate

Witches Tower, Craigflower House, Torryburn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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