Farmsteading, Carngour is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 June 1979. Steading.
Farmsteading, Carngour
- WRENN ID
- cold-iron-jay
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1979
- Type
- Steading
- OS grid reference
- NO 520 126
- Coordinates
- 56.30378, -2.7759
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This farmsteading dates from the earlier 19th century and is constructed of rubble with large, widely droved dressings. The southern part features three gable-fronted blocks, with the central block adorned with a finial and circular ventilation holes. To the west, there is a piended block that includes a wide door and two small square loft openings above at the south gable. The west elevation has three wide doors, two windows, and six loft windows. The roof is pantiled, with stone slate easing to the north.
On the north elevation, there is an octagonal horsemill topped with a pantiled prismatic roof, although some openings have been blocked. The main roof includes wooden ventilators, and there is a loft opening with a catslide outshot. The block at the southeast end is made of rubble and features a corrugated iron roof.
Local climate
Farmsteading, Carngour 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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