Steading, Balcormo Mains is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. 3 related planning applications.
Steading, Balcormo Mains
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-wattle-briar
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Address
- Steading, Balcormo Mains, KY8 5QF
- OS grid reference
- NO 406 056
- Coordinates
- 56.23991, -2.95857
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 18th century steading built in a U-shape. The west range’s outer face has four cart openings in the lower, northern bays, with a block to the south containing a loft above. The construction is of whin rubble with long and short ashlar dressings. The courtyard ranges originally all had lofts, and feature a variety of elliptically or segmentally arched openings, some now covered by modern lintels. A forestair is present in the east range, leading to an altered loft entrance, along with one swept dormer. The roof is a mix of slate and pantiles. The steading has undergone considerable alteration for its current use as a riding school and stables, achieved in a sensitive manner. The farmhouse has been altered and is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Steading, Balcormo Mains receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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