The Old Forge, 16 North Street, Kingsbarns is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.
The Old Forge, 16 North Street, Kingsbarns
- WRENN ID
- south-corridor-sunrise
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NO 594 122
- Coordinates
- 56.30086, -2.65756
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Forge is a 17th-century building located at 16 North Street, Kingsbarns. It is originally a single-storey forge, with a later modern dormer. The exterior is constructed of large, droved squared rubble with a pantile roof. A datestone bearing the initials “DA HM” is set within a scrolled skew-put with cable moulding. The original layout comprised two windows and a centre door, which has now been built up as a window. A garage forms part of the former smithy. The building is listed at Grade C, reflecting its group value. This means the building is recognised as contributing to the wider character and interest of the surrounding area. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior, as appropriate. The statutory address includes the garden walls and garage.
Local climate
The Old Forge, 16 North Street, 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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