The Provost, High Street, Ceres is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972. Public building. 2 related planning applications.

The Provost, High Street, Ceres

WRENN ID
dark-gargoyle-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 August 1972
Type
Public building
OS grid reference
NO 400 115
Coordinates
56.29229, -2.97038
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Provost, located on High Street in Ceres, is a building that features a 17th century double gable. It includes a semi-elliptically arched fireplace with a sculptured overmantel panel. Above the fireplace, there is a semi-elliptically arched niche that contains a large figure of a Toby jug, which is inscribed with the words 'The Provost'.

Local climate

The Provost, High Street, Ceres receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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