Main West Block, Ladybank Station, Commercial Crescent, Ladybank is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 July 1977. Station. 7 related planning applications.

Main West Block, Ladybank Station, Commercial Crescent, Ladybank

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 July 1977
Type
Station
Address
Main West Block, Ladybank Station, Commercial Crescent, Ladybank, KY15 7JT
OS grid reference
NO 306 096
Coordinates
56.27418, -3.12172
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Main West Block at Ladybank Station, opened in 1847 by the Edinburgh & Northern Railway and likely designed by architect David Bell, is a notable example of picturesque classic style architecture. This impressive building features two and three storeys, with the platform situated at the first-floor level. It is constructed of coursed rubble and topped with slate roofs, which are hipped on the taller block and at the north end. The eaves overhang and have plain bargeboards, complemented by tall chimneys.

At the south end, there is a small gabled entrance wing that includes a blind oculus, a triple sash window with a drip mould, and an outside stair leading to a wooden porch supported by cast iron columns. The building also features cross-type glazing, with a triple sash window on the south block and an outside stone stair leading to the house entrance.

The single-storey front is whitewashed and includes a splayed bay facing the platform. A fine flat-roofed canopy, supported by cast iron columns with acanthus capitals and scrolled ironwork brackets for lamps, enhances the entrance area. Inside, most of the offices and waiting rooms retain their original fireplaces and fittings. The property is further defined by a stone wall, gatepiers, stone steps, and double ironwork gates with a lamp bracket located at the north end of the main block.

Local climate

Main West Block, Ladybank Station, Commercial Crescent, Ladybank receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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