Parish Church And Tolbooth Steeple, High Street, Pittenweem is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Church. 1 related planning application.

Parish Church And Tolbooth Steeple, High Street, Pittenweem

WRENN ID
scattered-jade-meadow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
Church
Address
Parish Church And Tolbooth Steeple, High Street, Pittenweem, KY10 2LF
OS grid reference
NO 549 026
Coordinates
56.21383, -2.72854
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Parish Church and Tolbooth Steeple in Pittenweem is a significant building dating from 1588. It features a four-storey tower with a vaulted basement, which originally served as the tolbooth, and a stair turret. The bell-chamber, made of ashlar, has a balustraded parapet and a stone spire that was added around 1630. The church may include the "dortour" of the Priory, with an inset stone dated 1532. Initially a simple harled rectangle, the church was remodeled and extended into a T-plan with the addition of a northern aisle, which has a uniquely detailed stugged ashlar gable front, completed in 1882 by architect James Brown from Pittenweem. Inside, there is a 1633 Putensen bell and a panel depicting the Last Supper in the vestry.

Local climate

Parish Church And Tolbooth Steeple, High Street, Pittenweem receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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