Gate Piers And Railings, Balchrystie House is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. House.

Gate Piers And Railings, Balchrystie House

WRENN ID
carved-chancel-heron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NO 458 029
Coordinates
56.2164, -2.87454
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gate piers and railings at Balchrystie House likely date from the late 18th century. They consist of four square channelled ashlar gate piers located to the west of the house, each topped with flat pyramidal caps. The piers are connected by a curved low coping that supports simple iron railings.

Local climate

Gate Piers And Railings, Balchrystie 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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