Tayfield House, Tayfield Avenue, Newport-On-Tay is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973. House.

Tayfield House, Tayfield Avenue, Newport-On-Tay

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
Type
House
OS grid reference
NO 421 275
Coordinates
56.4367, -2.93976
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Tayfield House, located on Tayfield Avenue in Newport-On-Tay, was built in 1828 by George Smith, who incorporated elements of an older house to the north that was remodeled. This Tudor-style building is large, asymmetrical, and features two storeys (with a basement) and an attic. The exterior is harled with ashlar dressings. It has mullioned and transomed windows and diagonal shafted chimneys. The roof is slated and includes a bard-course. Notably, one of the front windows has been reglazed.

Local climate

Tayfield House, Tayfield Avenue, Newport-On-Tay receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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