Orchard House, 39 High Street, Auchtermuchty is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.

Orchard House, 39 High Street, Auchtermuchty

WRENN ID
nether-moat-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
House
Address
Orchard House, 39 High Street, Auchtermuchty, KY14 7AP
OS grid reference
NO 237 117
Coordinates
56.29208, -3.23402
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Orchard House is a late 18th-century building located at 39 High Street in Auchtermuchty. It is two stories tall and features three windows. The exterior is made of painted rubble with painted margins and has a crowstepped gable at the back, topped with a slate roof. There is a cottage that is now part of Orchard House, positioned at right angles to the main structure, as well as a roofless cottage on the south side. An inscribed lintel on the building reads "IF KT 1657."

Local climate

Orchard House, 39 High Street, Auchtermuchty 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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