Holly Cottage, Kirkton Of Balmerino is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 October 1984. House.
Holly Cottage, Kirkton Of Balmerino
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-alcove-candle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1984
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NO 362 251
- Coordinates
- 56.41424, -3.0353
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Holly Cottage, located in Kirkton of Balmerino, dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It consists of two cottages; the western part was formerly a school and features a single-storey structure with two windows and a central door, constructed from rubble with painted margins and a later crenellation above the door. It has a slated piend roof and angle chimneys. The eastern part is a weaver's house, also single-storey, with four windows and two doors, covered with pantiles. The overall appearance is picturesque.
Local climate
Holly Cottage, Kirkton Of Balmerino receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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