Fordell Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Castle. 2 related planning applications.

Fordell Castle

WRENN ID
strange-corner-sorrel
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 November 1972
Type
Castle
Address
Fordell Castle, KY11 7EY
OS grid reference
NT 146 853
Coordinates
56.05371, -3.37125
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fordell Castle is a fortified house dated 1580, designed in an oblong shape and rising four storeys high. It features stair-wings at the northwest and southeast corners, along with corbelled turrets at the northeast and southwest corners. The structure is built of rubble with a slated roof. The entrance has lintels inscribed with the date and the monogram 'I.H.'. The first storey contains three vaulted chambers and a passage, while each upper storey includes two rooms that are 'en suite'.

Local climate

Fordell Castle receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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