Pitcorthie Mains is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972.

Pitcorthie Mains

WRENN ID
shadowed-cornice-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
OS grid reference
NO 486 035
Coordinates
56.22201, -2.829
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The farmhouse at Pitcorthie Mains dates from 1771. It is a two-storey, three-window structure with a blind addition to the south. A west channel-jointed doorpiece has been built up. There is a two-window wing to the east. The farmhouse is constructed of whin rubble with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. An adjoining section of steading has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Pitcorthie Mains receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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