West Holme And Fairview, 74 And 76 Milton Road, Kirkcaldy

West Holme and Fairview, 74 and 76 Milton Road, Kirkcaldy

A double villa designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in 1878. The building is two storeys with attic, arranged in six bays, and consists of two gabled sections. It is constructed in rock-faced, squared rubble with long and short polished ashlar quoins and dressings. A roll-moulded doorway faces west, with chamfered reveals and arrises, and stone transoms and mullions throughout.

The principal (north) elevation is symmetrical with steeply pitched M-gables. No. 74 occupies the left-centre position, featuring a lean-to slated stone porch with a 3-part leaded window at the centre and a 2-part leaded window on the return to the right. A broad panelled timber door is positioned on the return to the left, with adjacent windows in the flanking bays. The first floor contains a bipartite window in the bay to the right, a narrow window off-centre left, and a further window to the outer left. A tripartite window in the gablehead is framed by a decorative timber surround and finialled pinnacle. No. 76 mirrors this arrangement.

The south elevation presents a near-symmetrical M-gabled design. No. 76 sits left of centre with a tripartite window below a relieving arch in the bay to the right and a window to the left at ground level. The first floor has a bipartite window to the right of centre and a further window to the left. The gablehead is finialled with chequered timberwork framing a centre window, a narrower window to the left, and a French window to the right. Deeply overhanging eaves with decorative timberwork and a verandah are prominent features. No. 74 mirrors this layout but includes an additional conservatory projecting from the right of centre.

The west elevation of No. 76 features a stepped-up panelled timber door with roll-moulded surround at the centre, a tiny adjacent window to the right, and a narrow window to the left above a basement window head. A slightly advanced full-height chimney breast in a bay to the right has a traditional pitch-roofed conservatory projecting beyond. The first floor contains a large transomed stair window to the right of centre, with a projecting chimney breast beyond to the right and a small window close to the eaves in the bay to the left. A low 4-part dormer window is centred above, with a dominant chimney gablet to the right featuring a blind panel and raked to the stack.

The east elevation of No. 74 has a ground floor centre bay with a stepped-up panelled timber door and tiny adjacent window to the left, a narrow window to the right, and a modern garage (not included in this listing) in the bay to the left. The first floor contains a large transomed stair window off-centre left with a slightly advanced stack beyond to the left and a small window close to the eaves to the right. The attic arrangement mirrors the west elevation but with the stack positioned to the right.

Windows throughout feature 6-, 8- and 9-pane glazing patterns over plate glass lower sashes in timber sash and case format. Stair and porch windows are fitted with small pane leaded and coloured glass, with the stair window to No. 74 incorporating figured and floral designs with margins. The roof is finished in grey slates with coped ashlar stacks capped with cans and pierced terracotta ridge tiles.

The interior of No. 76 retains fine original features throughout, including panelled timber doors and decorative cornices. The timber stair has turned balusters and a coloured glass window. Fireplaces throughout feature decorative tile slips, and the principal ground floor room contains dado rails, brass picture rails, and period door furniture. A paired ceramic butler sink is located in the basement. The interior of No. 74 was not inspected.

The boundary comprises coped rubble and brick walls with coped ashlar stop-chamfered gatepiers.