Birkhill House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1973. House.
Birkhill House
- WRENN ID
- open-facade-barley
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1973
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NO 336 233
- Coordinates
- 56.39801, -3.0772
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Birkhill House is a building designed by David Bryce between 1858 and 1859, which incorporates a former central block from around 1780 and wings added between 1812 and 1814, with some remodeling on the north side. The house is built in the Scottish baronial style using coursed rubble. The main block is three stories high, featuring dormer heads on the second floor, while there is a two-story west extension. A circular angle entrance tower, inspired by Castle Fraser, crowns the building with a balustraded top. To the northeast, there is a low two-story court of offices that also has dormer heads and is set back from the main structure.
Local climate
Birkhill House 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 lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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