Parish Church, High Street, Elie is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Church. 1 related planning application.
Parish Church, High Street, Elie
- WRENN ID
- dusted-cupola-pearl
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Parish Church, High Street, Elie, KY9 1BZ
- OS grid reference
- NO 491 001
- Coordinates
- 56.19087, -2.82085
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Parish Church on High Street in Elie was rebuilt in 1831, incorporating a central clock tower that dates back to 1726. It has a T-plan layout and is constructed from plain rubble with four-centred arched openings. The tower has a square plan that transitions to an octagonal shape, topped by a later domed cylindrical belfry. The building features quoined corners and in-and-out voussoirs on the arched doorpiece. There is a modern west porch and other alterations, and the windows have been reglazed.
Local climate
Parish Church, High Street, Elie 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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- Radon risk assessment
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