Westwood Cottage, 8 The Square, Kingsbarns is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.

Westwood Cottage, 8 The Square, Kingsbarns

WRENN ID
tall-mullion-twilight
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1971
OS grid reference
NO 593 120
Coordinates
56.29924, -2.65806
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

These are a pair of single-storey cottages located at 8 The Square, Kingsbarns. Westwood Cottage dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of rubble with droved dressings, originally with a two-window and door arrangement. The roof is pantiled, and some windows have been inserted later. Bon Accord Cottage is from the mid-19th century and is built of snecked rubble with margins, also with a pantiled roof and slate skirting. It originally had a two-window (one narrow) and door arrangement.

Local climate

Westwood Cottage, 8 The Square, Kingsbarns receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  1. Bon Accord, 10 The Square, Kingsbarns Grade B 7 m
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  10. Schoolhouse, 1 The Square, Kingsbarns Grade B 43 m