Stables, Bowleys is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 March 2001. House. 2 related planning applications.
Stables, Bowleys
- WRENN ID
- muted-paling-bistre
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2001
- Type
- House
- Address
- Stables, Bowleys, KY12 0SG
- OS grid reference
- NT 097 928
- Coordinates
- 56.11998, -3.45305
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stables at Bowleys date from the late 18th to early 19th century and are a roofless, two-storey, three-bay lean-to structure. The building is constructed from exposed tooled rubble stone, with ashlar surrounds around the openings.
The east elevation is symmetrical, featuring a central door with the remains of a former forestair. To the left of the door, there is an advanced stone, and to the right, the remnants of steps. Single ground floor windows are located on either side of the door, while a central first-floor door and flanking windows are positioned close to the eaves. Two stones project eastward from the northeast quoin.
On the south elevation, there are remains of a later building to the left and a central opening at the first floor. A wall extends southward from the east and west quoins of the later building, enclosing a small area of ground.
The west elevation features beam recesses at the first and second floors, indicating a former attached building, with the first floor harled. The remains of the gable wall of a later building extend from the center of this elevation.
The north elevation shows remnants of a wall that extends northward from the north gable wall.
Inside, the stables have a derelict interior with remains of flues from former fireplaces in each gable wall. There are seven round-headed recesses in the rear wall, starting at the ground level of the former first floor and descending to the ground floor, with ashlar surrounds present only at the first floor. No doors or windows remain, although some flat-head gable coping stones are still visible.
Local climate
Stables, Bowleys receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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