Bell-Pettigrew Museum, University Of St Andrews, St Andrews is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 June 1978. Building.

Bell-Pettigrew Museum, University Of St Andrews, St Andrews

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 June 1978
Type
Building
OS grid reference
NO 510 164
Coordinates
56.33784, -2.79398
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bell-Pettigrew Museum at the University of St Andrews was built between 1909 and 1911, designed by architects Gillespie and Scott. This two-storey building is in the Jacobean style and features snecked stugged rubble. The western frontage is approximately symmetrical, with a central bay that is flanked by superimposed Doric and Ionic columns. There is a later extension to the northeast that includes a boxed attic.

Local climate

Bell-Pettigrew Museum, University Of St Andrews, St Andrews receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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