Key House, High Street, Falkland is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 December 1971. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Key House, High Street, Falkland

WRENN ID
rooted-stone-wren
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 December 1971
Type
Inn
Address
Key House, High Street, Falkland, KY15 7BU
OS grid reference
NO 253 074
Coordinates
56.25362, -3.20717
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Key House, located on High Street in Falkland, is a two-storey building that dates back to 1713, as indicated by the date inscribed on the door lintel. The house features three windows and is finished with harled and whitewashed walls, which have margins. It has a crow-stepped gable and a slated roof. The description specifically refers to the rear part of the building.

Local climate

Key House, High Street, 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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