Schoolhouse, Letham is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Schoolhouse.

Schoolhouse, Letham

WRENN ID
hushed-plinth-gilt
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
Schoolhouse
OS grid reference
NO 306 146
Coordinates
56.31923, -3.12272
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The schoolhouse in Letham dates from the earlier 19th century and is built over two storeys with three bays. It features coursed square whinstone with contrasting yellow ashlar dressings and raised quoins. The central entrance is a recessed door topped with a rectangular fanlight and flanked by Venetian windows. On the first floor, there are three single windows, each linked to an eaves band, which contain 6-pane sash windows. The central wallhead gablet has a rendered apex stack, with end stacks and a piended slate roof.

Local climate

Schoolhouse, Letham receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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