Swallowgate, The Scores, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 June 1978. Building.

Swallowgate, The Scores, St Andrews

WRENN ID
ragged-bronze-willow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 June 1978
Type
Building
OS grid reference
NO 509 169
Coordinates
56.3424, -2.79521
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Swallowgate, located on The Scores in St Andrews, is a three-storey building designed by architect Sir R. Rowand Anderson in 1895, showcasing Scots Renaissance style. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone and slate, featuring bay windows with leaded ogee heads and crowstepped gables. The interior and some window designs have been partially altered.

Local climate

Swallowgate, The Scores, St Andrews receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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