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Cromwell Bank, 32 Cromwell Road, Burntisland

A Category C Listed Building in Burntisland, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0618 / 56°3'42"N

Longitude: -3.229 / 3°13'44"W

OS Eastings: 323568

OS Northings: 686117

OS Grid: NT235861

Mapcode National: GBR 27.Q0HV

Mapcode Global: WH6S0.CWLV

Plus Code: 9C8R3Q6C+P9

Entry Name: Cromwell Bank, 32 Cromwell Road, Burntisland

Listing Name: 32 Cromwell Road, Cromwell Bank with Outbuildings and Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 31 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 358402

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22770

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200358402

Location: Burntisland

County: Fife

Town: Burntisland

Electoral Ward: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular plan house. Narrow coursed, stugged ashlar and squared rubble; dividing band course and eaves cornice, long and short quoins, architraved doorcase and raised margins.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Steps up to 2-leaf, part-glazed door at centre, windows in flanking bays and regular windows at 1st floor, 2 modern rooflights above bay to right.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Door at centre behind modern lean-to glazed porch, windows in flanking bays and regular windows at 1st floor, 19th century rooflight.

SW ELEVATION: window at 1st floor off-centre to left, blinded window above in gablehead.

NE ELEVATION: adjoining single storey outbuilding.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Broad, coped ashlar gablehead stacks with polygonal cans, ashlar coped skews and thackstanes.

INTERIOR: curved staircase with decorative cast-iron balusters and timber handrail.

OUTBUILDINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: slated L-plan outbuilding adjoining house at NE, painted rubble with brickwork garage alterations and tall stack. Coped rubble boundary walls with proud coped ashlar, stop-chamfered doorway, timber door and engraved name on lintel.

Statement of Interest

Cromwell Bank is built upon ground purchased from the Town Council in 1832, and was for many years used as a doctor's surgery (the outbuildings providing necessary accommodation).

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