Balcaskie Cottages, Balcaskie House is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. House, farm.

Balcaskie Cottages, Balcaskie House

WRENN ID
white-pier-hawthorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
House, farm
OS grid reference
NO 526 036
Coordinates
56.22325, -2.76492
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balcaskie Cottages, associated with Balcaskie House, were likely designed by William Lees, based on a sketch by Burn from 1834-35, with the west wing added in 1843. The building is quadrangular and open to the south, constructed from rubble with tooled dressings and slate roofs. The symmetrical north elevation features a central basket-arched pend beneath a crow-stepped gable, with the outer bays being wider and gabled. Various alterations have been made to the openings since the building was converted for residential use, including the addition of flat-roofed dormers. The courtyard includes twin open enclosures, and there is a circular horsemill without machinery located at the northeast.

Local climate

Balcaskie Cottages, Balcaskie House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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