Post Office, 38-40 Main Street, Colinsburgh is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. 2 related planning applications.

Post Office, 38-40 Main Street, Colinsburgh

WRENN ID
heavy-basalt-russet
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Address
Post Office, 38-40 Main Street, Colinsburgh, KY9 1LS
OS grid reference
NO 475 034
Coordinates
56.22065, -2.8474
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century post office and shop. It is a two-storey, three-window building constructed of local whin rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, with a shop front at ground floor level. The listing recognises the building's group interest and applies to both its internal and external features as appropriate for its type. The building was previously classified as a building of local interest (B) before being re-categorised as a building of group value (C(S)) in 2006. The statutory address is House and Shop (A R Legg), Main Street, Colinsburgh.

Local climate

Post Office, 38-40 Main Street, Colinsburgh 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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