Backdykes, Sharp's Close, Falkland is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Residential.

Backdykes, Sharp's Close, Falkland

WRENN ID
inner-moulding-russet
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Residential
OS grid reference
NO 252 073
Coordinates
56.25238, -3.20837
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Backdykes is a late 18th century, two-storey building located on Sharp's Close in Falkland. It features three window openings that are partly blocked and altered, with a corbelled angle. There is also a later lean-to addition. The roof is covered with pantiles.

Local climate

Backdykes, Sharp's Close, Falkland receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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