West Lodge And Gate Piers, Balcaskie House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Gate lodge. 3 related planning applications.
West Lodge And Gate Piers, Balcaskie House
- WRENN ID
- dark-plinth-elm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Type
- Gate lodge
- Address
- West Lodge And Gate Piers, Balcaskie House, KY10 2DF
- OS grid reference
- NO 511 032
- Coordinates
- 56.21916, -2.78894
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Lodge and Gate Piers at Balcaskie House were designed by Burn and Bryce between 1843 and 1844. This asymmetrical, single-storey gate lodge is built of ashlar stone and features chamfered reveals. There is a modern harled addition on the east side.
On the west elevation, the entrance is located in an off-centre gabled porch, with an advanced left bay that is canted and curves to a square shape at the eaves. There is a window in the south gable and another in the projecting gabled bay on the north elevation. The lodge has projecting eaves and simple barge boards with pendants in the gable heads above plaques. It also includes two stacks with twisted flues and a variety of roof levels, all covered with slate.
The property features two decorative wrought-iron gates, dating from around 1940, leading to the drive and obelisk piers. The circular outer piers have projecting flat conical caps and are linked by low ashlar coping with a chain supported on iron posts.
Local climate
West Lodge And Gate Piers, Balcaskie 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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