St Andrews University Old Students Union, 77 North Street, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 April 1959. Former students' union. 4 related planning applications.

St Andrews University Old Students Union, 77 North Street, St Andrews

WRENN ID
carved-eave-birch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 April 1959
Type
Former students' union
Address
St Andrews University Old Students Union, 77 North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AD
OS grid reference
NO 509 168
Coordinates
56.34143, -2.79506
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Students Union at St Andrews University is a three-storey building dating from the 16th century. It features three windows and is constructed with harled walls that have margins, topped with a slated roof and crowstepped gables. A semi-circular stair tower, which was altered by Paul Waterhouse in 1924, is a notable feature of the building. There are also additions at the rear, which were completed in 1892 and designed by architect R. Rowand Anderson.

Local climate

St Andrews University Old Students Union, 77 North Street, 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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