Stables, Gilston House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Stable.

Stables, Gilston House

WRENN ID
dark-window-poplar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
Stable
OS grid reference
NO 451 066
Coordinates
56.24948, -2.88646
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The stables at Gilston House, dated 1875, are a courtyard block that is mostly single storey. They are constructed from random whin rubble with contrasting yellow ashlar dressings and chamfered reveals. The west elevation is symmetrically planned with seven bays, featuring a central two-storey tower that has a segmental-headed opening. Above this is a bipartite window with a dovecot in a bargeboarded and gabled head. The tower is topped with a pyramidal roof, which has a squat clock tower and gables on each elevation, along with a steep pyramidal spire above. The remaining bays are single storey, with outer advanced bargeboarded and gabled bays that include bipartite windows, and an additional door to the right. All doors, windows, and former cart openings on the other elevations and the courtyard side are square-headed. The roofs are slated throughout.

Local climate

Stables, Gilston House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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