Abercraig, 2 West Road, Newport-On-Tay is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973. Dower house. 3 related planning applications.

Abercraig, 2 West Road, Newport-On-Tay

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
Type
Dower house
Address
Abercraig, 2 West Road, Newport-On-Tay, DD6 8HG
OS grid reference
NO 417 275
Coordinates
56.43614, -2.94665
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Abercraig, located at 2 West Road in Newport-On-Tay, is a dower house built in 1840 for Tayfield. The building is single-storey at the front facing the road and two-storey at the rear overlooking the river. It is constructed from whinstone ashlar with sandstone dressings. The façade features two windows and a semi-circular porch supported by Roman Doric columns, which includes a segmental fanlight. There is an asymmetrical canted bay on the river side. The roof is low and slated with a piend design, broad eaves, and octagonal shafted chimneys. The interior is simple, with hooded lintels.

Local climate

Abercraig, 2 West Road, Newport-On-Tay receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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