St James The Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street, Cupar is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. Church. 6 related planning applications.

St James The Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street, Cupar

WRENN ID
dim-portal-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Type
Church
Address
St James The Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street, Cupar, KY15 4HH
OS grid reference
NO 376 146
Coordinates
56.31978, -3.01017
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St James The Great Episcopal Church, located on St Catherine Street in Cupar, was designed by Sir R Rowand Anderson in 1866, replacing a chapel built in 1820. The church features an early pointed architectural style with a three-bay nave, a single western aisle, and a clerestory. The exterior is constructed of stugged ashlar, topped with a slated roof. Inside, the church is finely furnished, including a pulpit from 1901 and a screen designed by Sir R S Lorimer.

Local climate

St James The Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street, Cupar receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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