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1, 4 Townhead, Kinghorn

A Category C Listed Building in Kinghorn, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0725 / 56°4'21"N

Longitude: -3.1767 / 3°10'36"W

OS Eastings: 326844

OS Northings: 687256

OS Grid: NT268872

Mapcode National: GBR 29.PD7T

Mapcode Global: WH6S1.5MJL

Plus Code: 9C8R3RFF+28

Entry Name: 1, 4 Townhead, Kinghorn

Listing Name: 6, 7 and 9 Townhead and Barclay Road, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 24 November 1972

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 380997

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36257

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200380997

Location: Kinghorn

County: Fife

Town: Kinghorn

Electoral Ward: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

18th century. 2-storey, rectangular-plan small tenement with curved forestair. Harl. Chamfered arrises.

N (TOWNHEAD) ELEVATION: No 7 with modern timber door to right of centre, windows in flanking bays and 2 small windows at 1st floor. Door to No 9 in bay to right of centre with flanking windows at ground. Forestair with barleytwist cast-iron railings leading to No 6 with timber door at 1st floor and 2 windows to right.

W (BARCLAY ROAD) ELEVATION: blank gabled elevation with high boundary wall abutting at left.

E ELEVATION: flat-roofed garage to ground (see Notes) with window to left of centre in gablehead.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows retained to No 7. Pantiles with slate eaves easing course. Coped squared rubble stacks with some cans, thackstanes to gablehead stacks, and ashlar-coped skews.

BOUNDARY WALLS: high flat-coped rubble, and low dry-dashed boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

Former straight forestair at W end removed and site masked by flat-roofed addition.

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