Red Lion Inn, Low Causeway, Culross is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 July 1973. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
Red Lion Inn, Low Causeway, Culross
- WRENN ID
- sharp-foundation-fen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Red Lion Inn, Low Causeway, Culross, KY12 8HN
- OS grid reference
- NS 986 858
- Coordinates
- 56.05487, -3.62894
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Red Lion Inn, located on Low Causeway in Culross, has origins dating from the late 16th to early 17th century, with alterations made in the mid to late 18th century. This two-storey public house features a four-bay design, along with a single-storey, single-bay section to the east. The exterior is harled, with painted ashlar door and window surrounds and a base course.
The north elevation is nearly symmetrical, showcasing a central door with a pub sign above it, flanked by single ground floor windows. Above, there are three first floor windows centered above the ground floor windows, with an additional first floor window to the right. A pend from Beechwood House extends from the right side. The single bay section to the east is set back at an angle and includes a ground and first floor window, with the first floor windows positioned close to the eaves.
The east elevation is plain, featuring a pub sign and a chamfered left quoin. The south elevation is also plain, with a single bay to the east. It has first floor windows at both the far right and far left of the main pub building. An advanced wing is located at the center right, which includes a first floor window on the right return and a ground floor wall at the right angle. The south elevation of the wing has two ground floor windows and a centered first floor window, with a chamfered right quoin and a ground floor door in the chamfer. To the left of the wing, there is a flat-roofed, two-storey addition with a ground floor door, and a flat-roofed, single-storey addition at the far left featuring two glazed doors and a window to the left.
The west elevation is plain with an exposed stone gable, while the ground floor is obscured by a modern single-storey, flat-roofed extension. The building has four-pane timber sash and case windows, a roof light at the rear, and replacement timber and glazed doors. The roofs are pitched and slated, with crowstepped gables on the main pub building, a piended roof on the rear wing, and a triangular-shaped lean-to roof in the inner angle extension. There are coped gable apex stacks, a ridge stack on the main section, and both polygonal and circular chimney cans.
Inside, the pub features a modern interior. The boundary walls consist of sandstone rubble, enclosing the rear car park.
Local climate
Red Lion Inn, Low Causeway, Culross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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
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