Our Lady Star Of The Sea Roman Catholic Church, 37 Queen Street, Tayport is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973. Church.

Our Lady Star Of The Sea Roman Catholic Church, 37 Queen Street, Tayport

WRENN ID
fossil-trefoil-elm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NO 456 283
Coordinates
56.44422, -2.88259
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, built in 1939 by Reginald Fairlie, is designed in the Scots Gothic style and features a stuccoed exterior. The building has a rectangular shape with a square porch that leads to an octagonal tower topped with a spirelet, which is dated. A sculptured figure in the tower was created by Hew Lorimer. The church also includes an apse and a hall that is positioned at right angles to the main structure. The windows are canted, adding to the architectural interest of the building.

Local climate

Our Lady Star Of The Sea Roman Catholic Church, 37 Queen Street, Tayport receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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