Osborne House, East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy

Osborne House is a mid-19th century Italianate villa, now used as offices, situated on a sloping site to the south. The villa is two storeys high with a basement and attic. It was constructed using small, stugged ashlar blocks with rusticated quoins and ashlar dressings; the sides and rear are of squared and snecked rubble. Base and dividing courses, along with an eaves cornice, are present. Windows are architraved with stone mullions.

The west (principal) elevation features a pedimented doorcase with paired pilasters and a two-leaf panelled timber door, topped with plate glass fanlight, in the centre bay at ground level. Windows are located in the flanking bays. The first floor features a segmental pediment above the centre window and corniced windows with panelled aprons and flanking consoles to the outer bays. A modern flat-roofed dormer window sits centrally above, and a three-part rooflight is on the left.

The south elevation has a full-height, canted tripartite window (including the basement) with a cornice and blocking course in the bay to the left. There's a window in the centre at ground and first floor levels, above a small timber door at ground level. A broad, flat-roofed dormer window is situated above.

The east elevation presents three projecting bays with a raised basement. Ground floor windows have panelled aprons. A small window is off-centre to the right at basement level, with a modern porch adjoining it. There are three windows to the ground floor, a blind moulded panel, and a shouldered wallhead stack flanked by corniced windows, breaking the eaves into a mansard roof. To the left is a return with steps up to a basement door and two small windows. The ground floor features a bipartite window to the right and a further window to the left, with similar windows to the first floor. The recessed face to the outer left includes a window to each floor. The return to the right exhibits asymmetrical fenestration and a fire escape.

The north (Abbots hall Road) elevation has ground floor windows to the centre (now blinded) and right, with a modern window to the left. Three windows are on the first floor, with the centre window featuring a segmental pediment. A broad, flat-roofed dormer window is positioned above.

Most windows have a three-pane glazing pattern within timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered in grey slates and features coped ashlar stacks with polygonal cans.

The interior contains decorative cornices and timber panelled soffits. There is a staircase with decorative cast-iron balusters, a timber handrail, and coloured glass above the rear stair door.

Boundary walls are constructed of coped rubble and incorporate a chamfered ashlar gatepier.