No 4, The Loch Houses, Ceres is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1972.

No 4, The Loch Houses, Ceres

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 August 1972
OS grid reference
NO 398 114
Coordinates
56.29125, -2.97404
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lochlea, located at The Loch Houses in Ceres, is a group of buildings dating from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century.

The eastmost cottage is a detached, single-storey structure set at an angle to the road. It features a rubble exterior that is partly stuccoed, a pantiled roof, and a brick and pantile lean-to outhouse.

The eastern row consists of three single-storey cottages with roofs that slope towards the ground. The eastmost cottage is made of droved ashlar, while the other two are constructed from whin coursers with droved dressings. These cottages have pantiled roofs, with the westernmost one featuring slate skirting and a modern porch.

The western row is made of single-storey whin rubble with droved dressings and has a pantiled roof with a piended design. The eastern pair of cottages in this row are built from droved ashlar.

Local climate

No 4, The Loch Houses, Ceres 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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