Murray Library, 7 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 May 1972. Library. 3 related planning applications.

Murray Library, 7 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter

WRENN ID
lapsed-gravel-thistle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 May 1972
Type
Library
Address
Murray Library, 7 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter, KY10 3EA
OS grid reference
NO 566 035
Coordinates
56.22294, -2.70073
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Murray Library, located at 7 Shore Street in Anstruther Easter, was designed by J & T W Currie from Elie in 1908. This building showcases a blend of Edwardian Baroque and Jacobean architectural styles. It is constructed from red ashlar stone and features three stories. The first floor includes three bipartite windows, and there is an ogee pavilion roof above the entrance bay.

Local climate

Murray Library, 7 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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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