Summerhouse, Naughton Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1973. Castle.

Summerhouse, Naughton Castle

WRENN ID
gaunt-lintel-ochre
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 August 1973
Type
Castle
OS grid reference
NO 373 247
Coordinates
56.4105, -3.01749
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The summerhouse at Naughton Castle dates from the mid-19th century. It is a single-storey structure with two windows and a central door, featuring a square plan. The building is constructed from whin rubble with ashlar dressings. The gablets are made from fragments of 15th-century Scots tracery. The roof is modern and covered with felt.

Local climate

Summerhouse, Naughton Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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