Wemyssfield House, 6 Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy

Wemyssfield House is a large, two-storey and attic house of 1904, designed by William Hogg and Mitchell. It is situated in Kirkcaldy. The house is constructed of squared and snecked dressed rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings. A prominent ashlar base course runs along the front, and there are eaves cornices and a blocking course with crenellated windowheads.

The west (principal) elevation is symmetrical. A central doorcase features Ionic pilasters and a dentilled pediment, providing access to a deeply set, panelled timber door with flanking lights and a three-part, depressed-arch fanlight; all of the glazing is leaded, coloured, and decorative-astragalled, with a window above at the first floor. Flanking bays contain canted tripartite windows to each floor, with crenellated parapets on the first floor windows and flat-roofed, corniced, tripartite dormer windows above.

The north elevation features an advanced, piend and pitch-roofed inglenook with small windows on its returns to the right of centre at ground level. A large tripartite stair window is centrally placed, with further windows to the outer bays at the first floor. A dominant, shouldered stack breaks the eaves to the right of centre, and another stack is located to the left.

On the south elevation, a modern door is located to the left of centre at ground level, with a dominant stack above. A window is centrally placed, and a bipartite window sits to the right on each floor, with a dormer window above the outer bay, matching those on the west elevation. A lower, two-storey wing projects to the outer right, featuring a bipartite window on the ground floor and a further bipartite window breaking the eaves above. A lower, blank bay extends to the right beyond this wing.

The east elevation possesses asymmetrical fenestration, with a wallhead stack and a projecting bay to the left.

The windows are timber sash and case with four-pane and plate glass glazing patterns. Dormer windows use a twelve-pane glazing pattern in casements. Stair and inglenook windows feature leaded, coloured, and decorative-astragalled glass. The roof is covered in grey slates, and the stacks have cavetto copes. Cast-iron downpipes are fitted with decorative rainwater hoppers and fixings.

The interior displays ornate Art-Nouveau and classically influenced decorative schemes, including decorative plasterwork friezes and cornices. The vestibule incorporates decorative plasterwork and a tiled mosaic floor with a bordered garland and the letter 'K'. An inner hall contains a pilastered, keystoned arch and further decorative plasterwork. A dog-leg stair features turned timber balusters, corniced decorative newel posts, pendant finials, and a decorative stair window. A room to the northwest at ground level contains a strapwork ceiling, a bellflower swag frieze, a panelled dado and soffits, fluted Ionic pilasters, a mutuled cornice, and an embossed frieze depicting 'muses plucking fruit', indicating the proximity of a dining room. This room includes a fireplace with egg-and-dart moulding, a carved centre panel with swag and flanking consoles, a bowed cornice, and a picture panel overmantel. Some timber fireplaces are present throughout the house. The attic has a lantern with a moulded plinth and dogtooth cornice.

The site is enclosed by saddleback-coped, coursed rubble boundary walls with inset railings and square gatepiers.