Maryfield, 85 And 87 Milton Road, Kirkcaldy

Maryfield is a late 19th-century villa, originally designed as a single residence, later converted into two separate houses in 1935. It is a two-storey and attic building with a rectangular footprint, featuring a piended and platform roof. The front (south) elevation is constructed with channelled ashlar stone, while the sides and rear utilise dressed squared and snecked rubble, with raised long and short quoins. A deep base course, dividing course, and cavetto eaves cornice add visual interest. Architectural detailing includes architraved window surrounds, some with lugged details, brackets, voussoirs, and stone mullions.

The main south elevation is symmetrical, with a central bay featuring a pilastered doorpiece and moulded brackets supporting a stone balcony. A keystoned round-headed window, formerly a doorway, is positioned above the balcony. A tripartite window is located to the right, and a canted tripartite window is to the left, both slightly projecting. A balcony with a tripartite window sits above the centre, with further canted tripartite windows with polygonal roofs on either side.

The north elevation incorporates a single-storey and piend-roofed former stable/gig-house to the right, extending along the ground level. A further projection, the former wash-house, is positioned to the left. The first floor includes a round-headed stair window in the centre bay, flanked by smaller windows in the outer bays. Wallhead stacks are positioned above the flanks, and a slate-hung dormer window sits centrally.

The east (No. 85) and west (No. 87) elevations exhibit asymmetrical fenestration, with tall windows throughout. Each has a centrally located door and a truncated, shouldered wallhead stack. No. 87 includes a small timber dormer window immediately to the right of this stack.

The windows are timber sash and case, with four-pane pattern glazing and plate glass. The roof is covered in graded grey slates. The chimney stacks are built of cavetto-coped ashlar and topped with full complement of polygonal cans (on No. 87). Decorative cast-iron downpipes and rainwater hoppers are also present.

The interior of No. 85 includes some decorative plasterwork. No. 87 features decorative plasterwork, with a ground floor sitting room boasting a panelled ceiling, an architraved doorway with thistle detailing on the lugs, a carved timber fireplace and panelled shutters.

The property is enclosed by semi-circular-coped rubble boundary walls with channelled ashlar gatepiers and quadrant walls. A large, cast-iron scroll lamp bracket, located on the southeast boundary with No. 83 (listed separately), is another notable feature.