Water Tower, Beeches Road, Ladybank is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 July 1977. Pumping station.

Water Tower, Beeches Road, Ladybank

WRENN ID
winding-sill-bracken
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 July 1977
Type
Pumping station
OS grid reference
NO 304 103
Coordinates
56.28018, -3.12529
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The water tower on Beeches Road in Ladybank was built in 1908. It is a tall structure made of glazed red brick, featuring a water tank in the roof and measuring three bays by four bays. The design includes giant round-headed arches with alternating voussoirs and Doric brick pilasters. There are windows on two levels, with round-headed windows above, cillbands, and a decorative bracket treatment over the entrance. The ground floor has an inset white brick pattern and a robust arched entry. At the top, there is a bracket cornice leading to a tall parapet, which has brick panels that conceal the water tank.

Local climate

Water Tower, Beeches Road, Ladybank receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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