Balfarg is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1996. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Balfarg

WRENN ID
muffled-kitchen-swallow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1996
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Balfarg, KY7 6NS
OS grid reference
NO 284 032
Coordinates
56.21619, -3.15515
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balfarg is a traditional farmhouse built in the earlier to mid 19th century. It is a two-storey building with an attic and a rectangular plan, featuring three bays and an extension at the rear. The exterior is constructed from whinstone rubble, accented with contrasting droved long and shortwork quoins and an eaves course.

The south elevation is symmetrical, with a deep-set, panelled timber door at the center that has a plate glass fanlight above it. There are windows in the flanking bays and a regular arrangement of windows on the first floor.

The north elevation includes a low, pitch-roofed extension in the center, with a stair window and additional windows on the outer right and left at both floors.

On the east elevation, there are windows on the outer right and left at the ground floor, and another window on the outer left at the first floor, along with a smaller window off-center to the right at the gablehead.

The west elevation features a window to the left of center at the ground floor and a small window off-center to the left at the gablehead.

The windows are timber sash and case with a four-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are ashlar coped skews with broad, coped ashlar stacks.

Inside, there is a timber fireplace with a decorative cast iron inset that reflects the fruit design of the ceiling rose. The interior also includes plain cornicing, shutters, and a curved stone stair.

The property is enclosed by coped rubble boundary walls.

Local climate

Balfarg receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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