The Castle, Anstruther Road, Ceres is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

The Castle, Anstruther Road, Ceres

WRENN ID
deep-iron-blackthorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 August 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
The Castle, Anstruther Road, Ceres, KY15 5NH
OS grid reference
NO 401 114
Coordinates
56.29188, -2.96787
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Castle on Anstruther Road in Ceres is an 18th-century building that had its front rebuilt in the 19th century. It is a single-storey structure with two windows and a central door, constructed from rubble with finely droved dressings. The south side features a crowstepped gable with a set-back skew-gabled addition. There is also a small bust located at the skew-end in the garden.

Local climate

The Castle, Anstruther Road, Ceres receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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