Durham Cottage And Royal Bank Office, 1 Durham Place, Largoward is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. 2 related planning applications.
Durham Cottage And Royal Bank Office, 1 Durham Place, Largoward
- WRENN ID
- tangled-step-poplar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1972
- Address
- Durham Cottage And Royal Bank Office, 1 Durham Place, Largoward, KY9 1HU
- OS grid reference
- NO 466 073
- Coordinates
- 56.25599, -2.86332
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Durham Cottage and the former Royal Bank office date to the early 19th century and are built in a Gothick style with classical proportions. The main part is a single-storey structure with two window bays and a central door. It features four-centred arched windows with traceried sash windows and a tripartite doorpiece surmounted by a traceried fanlight. To the sides are two additional window bays with pedimented heads, with the easternmost bay altered for bank use. The building is constructed from whin rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, topped with a piended roof covered in pantiles and slate skirting.
Local climate
Durham Cottage And Royal Bank Office, 1 Durham Place, Largoward receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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