Balmore, West Road, Newport-On-Tay is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1984. Mansion.

Balmore, West Road, Newport-On-Tay

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1984
Type
Mansion
OS grid reference
NO 417 273
Coordinates
56.435, -2.94656
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balmore is a large Italianate mansion built in the 1860s. It features two storeys and has an asymmetrical design, highlighted by a three-storey tower topped with a pyramid roof. The entrance hall is single-storey and channelled, with a porch supported by Ionic columns. Most of the windows are 2-light, although the central north window has been altered. The mansion has a broad-eaved roof covered with slate and includes metal acroters.

Local climate

Balmore, West Road, Newport-On-Tay receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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