The Riggings, 4 High Street, Earlsferry is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Riggings, 4 High Street, Earlsferry

WRENN ID
ruined-pier-acorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
House
Address
The Riggings, 4 High Street, Earlsferry, KY9 1AG
OS grid reference
NT 483 999
Coordinates
56.18942, -2.83374
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Riggings is a pair of 18th century, two-storey houses located at 4 High Street in Earlsferry. The buildings feature a six-window design and are constructed from rubble with painted margins. The roofs are pantiled and have crowsteps. The eastern part of the structure has been restored, with three windows added on the ground floor to match the three windows on the first floor.

Local climate

The Riggings, 4 High Street, Earlsferry 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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