Dairsie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Tower house.
Dairsie Castle
- WRENN ID
- proud-cobalt-holly
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Type
- Tower house
- OS grid reference
- NO 413 160
- Coordinates
- 56.33305, -2.94986
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dairsie Castle is a 16th century Z-plan tower house that is now in ruins. Fragments of the northeast and southwest walls still stand above the second floor. The main rectangular block is constructed of rubble, while the towers are made of ashlar. The remains of the south tower feature gun loops and have been converted into a dovecot, and there is a stair in the north tower. The windows are square-headed with heavily chamfered margins.
Inside, there are two vaulted chambers at ground level.
Local climate
Dairsie Castle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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