8 High Street, Inverkeithing

Earlier 19th century; early 20th century shop front. 2-storey, attic and basement (in lower ground to rear), 3-bay with additional curved bay to S, square-plan tenement and shop. Painted stugged ashlar; stone cills; eaves course; carved scrolled skewputts. Edwardian shop front including Art Nouveau stained glass and stained glass fanlight to left; 2 large canted and gabled dormers.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed doorway off-centre right to plate glass and timber Edwardian shop front, Art Nouveau stained glass roundels and decorative lead astragals to upper panes (boarded); timber panelled tenement door to far left with Art Nouveau stained glass fanlight above. 4 unevenly spaced 1st floor windows. 2 large gabled and canted dormers with slate cheeks.

S ELEVATION: adjoins No 10 High Street.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bays. Central basement door (blocked with sheet metal); small window to left. 3 windows at ground floor level with iron bars (central window of smaller size). 3 unevenly spaced 1st floor windows. Slate hung box dormer.

N ELEVATION: adjoins Nos 4 and 4a High Street.

Late 20th century uPVC windows to 1st and attic floors. Pitched roof; graded grey slates; straight stone skews; carved scrolled skewputts; coped brick stack to S; circular clay cans.

INTERIOR: no original features remaining (2003).