Watt Seed Merchants Offices, Coal Road, Cupar is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. Former prison.

Watt Seed Merchants Offices, Coal Road, Cupar

WRENN ID
stubborn-jamb-sparrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Type
Former prison
OS grid reference
NO 377 144
Coordinates
56.31872, -3.008
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Watt Seed Merchants Offices, located on Coal Road in Cupar, was designed by James Gillespie (Graham) in 1813. This classic building features two stories and a seven-window layout. It is distinguished by giant Roman Doric columns at the end bays, which are coupled at the center. The exterior is finished in ashlar stone and has a slated roof.

Local climate

Watt Seed Merchants Offices, Coal Road, Cupar receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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