Eley House, Low Causeway, Culross is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1972. House. 1 related planning application.

Eley House, Low Causeway, Culross

WRENN ID
dreaming-vestry-shade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1972
Type
House
Address
Eley House, Low Causeway, Culross, KY12 8HL
OS grid reference
NS 987 859
Coordinates
56.05549, -3.62678
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Eley House, located on Low Causeway in Culross, dates back to 1624 and has undergone later alterations. It is a two-storey, three-bay house with a single-storey wing to the west, a rear lean-to, and a modern rear porch added in the late 20th century. The exterior features harled elevations.

The south elevation is symmetrical, with a central door and flanking windows, and three first-floor windows centered above at the eaves. There are two windows on the left wing. The west elevation shows the gable of the house, with a first-floor window to the left and two windows in the porch to the left, leading to a plain gable on the west wing. The north elevation has a lean-to on the right with a window to the left, and another lean-to on the left that extends further, also with a window to the right. The windows have been replaced, and there is a modern porch to the right with a door. The east elevation is only visible from the first floor and features a plain gable wall.

The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, while the doors are replacement timber and glazed. The pitched roof is covered with replacement clay pantiles, and the rear roof extends over the later additions. The original house has crowstepped gables and gabled apex stacks. The interior has been modernized in the late 20th century.

In front of the house, there is a low rubble garden wall on the east and west sides, which curves at the corners. It has a droved face with ashlar coping stones and a central timber gate.

Local climate

Eley House, Low Causeway, Culross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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