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Latitude: 56.1398 / 56°8'23"N
Longitude: -3.086 / 3°5'9"W
OS Eastings: 332608
OS Northings: 694655
OS Grid: NT326946
Mapcode National: GBR 2D.K2NN
Mapcode Global: WH6RP.KYN0
Plus Code: 9C8R4WQ7+WH
Entry Name: 22-24 Main Street, West Wemyss
Listing Name: West Wemyss, 22-36 (Even Nos) Main Street
Listing Date: 11 December 1972
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 350435
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16657
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: West Wemyss, 22-24 Main Street
ID on this website: 200350435
Location: Wemyss
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Parish: Wemyss
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: Terrace house
Early 19th century, A Stewart Tod alterations to rear circa 1940. Terraced row of 4 uniform 2-storey, 3-bay houses. Harled with painted margins.
NW (MAIN STREET) ELEVATION:
NOS 22 TO 32: centre bay of each with panelled timber door (that to Nos 30 and 32 with fanlight) and small adjacent window to right, window in bay to right and bipartite window to left; regular fenestration to 1st floor.
NOS 34 AND 36: panelled timber door to centre of each and windows in flanking bays, regular fenestration to 1st floor.
SE (SHORE) ELEVATION:
NOS 22 TO 32: centre bay of each with later dramatic curving forestair to 1st floor entrance and segmental-headed understair door.
NOS 34 AND 36: forestair removed exposing rubble at centre bay.
All windows blinded temporarily for protection. Pantiles. Coped harled stacks with some cans and ashlar-coped skews. Cast-iron downpipes and decorative rainwater hoppers to Nos 22-28.
Property of Wemyss Properties Ltd. No 22 adjoins West Wemyss Tolbooth (listed separately). At the time of resurvey (1998), Wemyss Properties and Fife Historic Buildings Trust plan to restore this fine traditional streetscape. Continuation of similarly detailed 2-20 Main Street (see separate listing).
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