West Lodge, Leslie House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 December 1994. Lodge.
West Lodge, Leslie House
- WRENN ID
- tilted-cobalt-hawk
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1994
- Type
- Lodge
- OS grid reference
- NO 254 019
- Coordinates
- 56.20394, -3.20257
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Lodge at Leslie House is likely from the late 17th century, with alterations and an addition to the street made in the mid-19th century. Further modifications were carried out in 1927 and 1955-6 by James Gillespie and Scott, which included the addition of gablet dormers and a northern gable. A late 17th century panel displaying the arms of Rothes and Lindsay is believed to have originated from Leslie House.
The lodge is a two-storey, irregular five-bay structure with a rectangular plan and a lean-to extension that adjoins the perimeter wall and gatepier of Leslie House. It is constructed from random whinstone rubble, with later additions of squared and snecked ashlar and dressed ashlar margins, featuring chamfered arrises.
On the east (main) elevation, there is evidence of previous openings. A door is located to the left of center, accompanied by a window in the outer left bay and two windows to the right, with the outer right bay obscured at ground level by the lean-to extension. Gabled dormerheads are positioned over the door and in the flanking bays, with an additional window in the outer right crowstepped gable from the mid-19th century.
The north (High Street) elevation, dating from the mid-19th century, features a two-bay crowstepped gable end with windows at ground level and smaller windows above. A central panel displays the arms of Rothes and Lindsay, while the outer right bay contains a boarded door with a plate glass fanlight and a gabled dormerhead that breaks the eaves.
The west elevation abuts the pitched roof of Leslie Parish Church Hall. The windows are sash and case with 8- and 12-pane glazing patterns. The roof is covered with graded grey slates and has a bellcast roof line with bracketed eaves. The crowstepped gables retain the original northern crowstep, and the ashlar skews feature beak skewputts on the gabled dormerheads, two of which have floreate finials. The ashlar stacks have battered coping, and the eaves are exposed and moulded.
Local climate
West Lodge, Leslie House 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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