Barn, Balmerino Farm Steading, Balmerino Abbey is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1973. Barn. 3 related planning applications.

Barn, Balmerino Farm Steading, Balmerino Abbey

WRENN ID
silent-dormer-sparrow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 August 1973
Type
Barn
Address
Barn, Balmerino Farm Steading, Balmerino Abbey, DD6 8BQ
OS grid reference
NO 357 247
Coordinates
56.41032, -3.04247
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a 15th-century barn located at Balmerino Farm Steading, near Balmerino Abbey. The barn is two stories tall and constructed from rubble. It features an arched doorpiece made from two stones. Most of the openings have been modernized. The original west gable has a steep pitch and still retains doocot boxes on its inner face. The barn has been reroofed at a lower level and is covered with pantiles.

Local climate

Barn, Balmerino Farm Steading, Balmerino Abbey 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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