Sundial And Statue, Walled Garden, Myres Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 April 1984.

Sundial And Statue, Walled Garden, Myres Castle

WRENN ID
final-quartz-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 April 1984
OS grid reference
NO 241 109
Coordinates
56.28536, -3.22716
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The walled garden at Myres Castle dates from the mid-19th century and features low rubble walls, which are partly lined with brick on the south side, topped with ashlar coping. The west wall and the southwest wall have been demolished. Near the circular southwest angle tower of the castle, there are two square ashlar gatepiers. Additionally, there is a plain baluster sundial dated 1909, which stands on a stepped base capped by a small figure. The base of the sundial includes a lead statue of Mercury, made from re-used carved stones.

Local climate

Sundial And Statue, Walled Garden, Myres Castle receives an average of 900 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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