Session House, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.

Session House, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns

WRENN ID
hidden-brass-hyssop
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1971
OS grid reference
NO 592 120
Coordinates
56.29916, -2.6594
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Session House, located in The Square, Kingsbarns, was built in 1838 by Scott and Oswald. This small, single-storey building is constructed of rubble with droved dressings, and features a modern, broadly-eaved piended roof covered in slates. The listing recognises the building’s group value, reflecting its importance in the context of the surrounding area. This applies to both the interior and exterior. References to the building can be found in Hay Post and Heritors' Records, and further details are recorded on page 289 of the Hay Post.

Local climate

Session House, Kingsbarns Parish Church, The Square, Kingsbarns 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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