Old Schoolhouse, Barnyards is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. 2 related planning applications.

Old Schoolhouse, Barnyards

WRENN ID
gaunt-tallow-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Address
Old Schoolhouse, Barnyards, KY9 1PA
OS grid reference
NO 485 023
Coordinates
56.21071, -2.83059
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Schoolhouse at Barnyards is believed to date to around 1800. Originally built as a two-story, three-window structure, it was substantially reconstructed around 1845 into a three-story, four-window building, featuring a gambrel roof at the east gable. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with droved dressings. A Roman Doric pilaster surrounds the doorway, and the gables and rear elevation are harled. A tall stair window is located at the rear. The interior retains pleasant original features. Local tradition suggests it may have served as a Secession Manse. Evidence suggests a construction date shortly after 1825, which may be slightly later than previously thought. The statutory address includes the schoolhouse and its garden walls.

Local climate

Old Schoolhouse, Barnyards 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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