The Watch House, Kings Mills, Crail is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 May 1972. Watchhouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Watch House, Kings Mills, Crail
- WRENN ID
- sacred-balcony-snow
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1972
- Type
- Watchhouse
- Address
- The Watch House, Kings Mills, Crail, KY10 3SP
- OS grid reference
- NO 613 075
- Coordinates
- 56.25864, -2.62561
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Watch House at Kings Mills in Crail dates from 1782 and features a re-used 17th century dormer head panel. This building is two stories high with a basement and has a square plan. It showcases irregular Gothic-style windows and is topped with a pantiled pyramid roof. There is also a harled addition and a cantilevered timber addition. The building was re-categorised from grade B to grade C(S) in 2006, reflecting its group interest. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, as is appropriate for its type.
Local climate
The Watch House, Kings Mills, Crail 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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