281-285 High Street, Kirkcaldy is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 February 2002. Tenement. 1 related planning application.

281-285 High Street, Kirkcaldy

WRENN ID
hollow-glass-hazel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 February 2002
Type
Tenement
Address
281-285 High Street, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1JH
OS grid reference
NT 282 917
Coordinates
56.11267, -3.15574
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

281-285 High Street in Kirkcaldy is a plain three-storey, four-bay tenement building dating from the later to late 19th century, situated within an irregular terrace. The structure features a combination of ashlar and render, with stone cills and an eaves course.

On the south elevation facing High Street, there is a modern shop at ground level, while the upper floors exhibit regular fenestration. The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass glazing. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there is a stepped and shouldered ashlar chimney stack.

Local climate

281-285 High Street, Kirkcaldy receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 295A-297 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 30 m
  2. Beveridge Buildings, 265, 267, 269, 271 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 33 m
  3. Beveridge Buildings, 263 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 47 m
  4. Beveridge Buildings, 6 Oswald's Wynd, Kirkcaldy Grade B 48 m
  5. 307, 309, 311 High Street, 305A, Kirkcaldy Grade B 56 m
  6. 333 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 112 m
  7. 335 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 119 m
  8. 337 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade B 121 m
  9. 339 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade A 125 m
  10. 341 High Street, Kirkcaldy Grade A 131 m