Hope Cottage, Meadow Road, Barnyards is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972. 2 related planning applications.

Hope Cottage, Meadow Road, Barnyards

WRENN ID
empty-postern-gold
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Address
Hope Cottage, Meadow Road, Barnyards, KY9 1PD
OS grid reference
NO 487 022
Coordinates
56.21046, -2.82849
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hope Cottage is an early 19th century two-window and one-door cottage built of whin rubble, now harled, with droved sandstone dressings. The roof is pantiled, with a piended dormer window covered in slate. Part of the cottage was reconstructed in a traditional manner between 1970 and 1971 using harled rubble and pantiles. There are also traditional rubble and pantile outbuildings. The building's listing reflects its group interest, recognising its contribution to the surrounding area and applying to both the interior and exterior. The statutory address is House (Miss Smith) and Outbuildings, Barnyards.

Local climate

Hope Cottage, Meadow Road, Barnyards receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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