The Bield, 52 High Road, Auchtermuchty is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1984. House.

The Bield, 52 High Road, Auchtermuchty

WRENN ID
steep-casement-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NO 233 115
Coordinates
56.29037, -3.23994
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bield, located at 52 High Road in Auchtermuchty, is a single-storey building with an attic, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from whin rubble with red droved dressings. The building features three windows and an approximately central stair window facing the road. The roof is thatched, and the gable is stuccoed, complemented by red ashlar chimneys.

Local climate

The Bield, 52 High Road, Auchtermuchty receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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