South-West Gate And Gatepiers, Ravenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1998. Boundary wall, railings, gate.
South-West Gate And Gatepiers, Ravenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-garret-dew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1998
- Type
- Boundary wall, railings, gate
- OS grid reference
- NT 301 927
- Coordinates
- 56.1222, -3.12511
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The South-West Gate and gatepiers at Ravenscraig Park in Kirkcaldy date from the 19th century and include sections that may be from the 16th century. The walls are made of random and coursed rubble topped with flat and semicircular ashlar coping.
The northwest gate was reconstructed in 1929 and features quadrant walls with pyramidal-coped, square-section ashlar gatepiers. The northeast gate, likely also reconstructed in 1929, has similar features but includes a low wall and decorative cast-iron railings to the west, along with a gas lamp bracket on the west pier.
The southeast gate, associated with Ravenscraig Nursery, has older sandstone ashlar gatepiers topped with tall pyramidal coping. Nearby, there is a blocked pedestrian gateway with a carved stone over the lintel, which displays a shield flanked by the initials 'IF' and 'SI', and is dated 15(?)88.
Local climate
South-West Gate And Gatepiers, Ravenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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