Rothes Vault, Churchyard, Christ's Kirk On The Green, Greenside, Leslie is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 December 1972. Burial vaults.

Rothes Vault, Churchyard, Christ's Kirk On The Green, Greenside, Leslie

WRENN ID
tall-chapel-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 December 1972
Type
Burial vaults
OS grid reference
NO 255 020
Coordinates
56.20556, -3.20093
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Rothes Vault, located in the churchyard of Christ's Kirk On The Green in Greenside, Leslie, consists of a pair of linked burial vaults with steep crowstepped gables. These vaults feature early 19th century facades, likely dating from around 1821 when the medieval church on this site was demolished, and they incorporate earlier materials. The structure is built from coursed whinstone with ashlar dressings, crowsteps, beak skewputts, and a base course. The openings have deeply chamfered margins.

On the south elevation, each gable has a centrally located boarded door, with blocked pointed arch lights in the flanking bays and at the gablehead, along with an additional light in the roofless link section. The stone door case and lintel create a link to the rear.

To the east is the 17th century Rothes family vault, which was part of the aisle of the medieval church. This vault is constructed from random whinstone rubble and features graded grey slates, with a blinded opening that has a relieving arch in the gable end. A memorial stone for Norman Evelyn Leslie, who died in 1927, is set into the east elevation.

To the west is the 19th century Douglas family vault, made from squared and snecked whinstone and also covered with graded grey slates.

Local climate

Rothes Vault, Churchyard, Christ's Kirk On The Green, Greenside, Leslie receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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