Gibson Hospital, Argyle Street, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 June 1978. Building. 7 related planning applications.

Gibson Hospital, Argyle Street, St Andrews

WRENN ID
strange-clay-kestrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 June 1978
Type
Building
Address
Gibson Hospital, Argyle Street, St Andrews, KY16 9BP
OS grid reference
NO 505 165
Coordinates
56.33907, -2.80172
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gibson Hospital, located on Argyle Street in St Andrews, was built between 1882 and 1884 by architects Hall and Henry. This Jacobean style building is two stories tall and constructed from stugged ashlar stone with a slate roof. It features an E-shaped plan and has a prominent three-story central tower topped with an ogee roof. The entrance is highlighted by a Roman Doric pilastered design.

Local climate

Gibson Hospital, Argyle Street, St Andrews 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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