Melville Manse, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 May 1972. Manse. 5 related planning applications.

Melville Manse, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter

WRENN ID
forbidden-transept-umber
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 May 1972
Type
Manse
Address
Melville Manse, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter, KY10 3EX
OS grid reference
NO 568 036
Coordinates
56.22321, -2.69819
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Melville Manse in Backdykes, Anstruther Easter, dates back to 1590 and was originally built as a three-storey L-plan structure. It has since been altered to a Z-plan layout, with extensions added in 1753 and further modifications in 1864. The exterior is harled with margins and features crowstepped gables. The jamb of the original 1590 house is inscribed with "THE WATCH TOWER." A notable feature is the four-storey corbelled stair turret that projects out at the first floor in the re-entrant angle. The timber work was renewed in 1779, and the interior was refinished in 1798, with modifications to the pitches of the roof at the dormer heads evident from those dates. The property also includes contemporary garden walls.

Local climate

Melville Manse, Backdykes, Anstruther Easter receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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