Walled Garden, Balcomie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Ruined garden.
Walled Garden, Balcomie Castle
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-granite-poplar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Type
- Ruined garden
- OS grid reference
- NO 625 098
- Coordinates
- 56.27939, -2.60576
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Walled Garden at Balcomie Castle dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. It is in a ruined state and constructed from rubble, standing at an average height of 10 feet. The garden features a moulded gateway.
Local climate
Walled Garden, Balcomie Castle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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