South Gates, Balcarres House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972.

South Gates, Balcarres House

WRENN ID
crooked-newel-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
OS grid reference
NO 480 035
Coordinates
56.2215, -2.83892
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South Gates, part of Balcarres House, date from 1870. The gates themselves are likely from the 17th or 18th century, brought from Cremona. The piers and curved approach walls are constructed of white freestone, with panels of red brick. Very fine wrought-iron gates complete the composition. Drawings for the gates' setting up were created by J Caslake, and are signed with his address at 102 Mary Street, Euston Road, although the finished result slightly differs from the original design.

Local climate

South Gates, Balcarres 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 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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