Tolbooth, Main Street, West Wemyss

Probably late-17th century. Two-storey, three-bay tolbooth with a narrow clock tower and pend in regular terrace. Harled rubble with stone margins to first floor.

Northwest (Main Street) Elevation: tower (see below) projecting to centre bay with broad segmentally-arched pend (see Notes) to right and forestair to left of centre at ground. Windows to outer bays at first floor.

TOWER: five-stage, square-plan tower. Northwest elevation with chamfered angle to right and forestair abutting to left. Two carved panels high up at first stage, lower panel with arms and initials of David, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (1610-1679), upper panel with coronet and inscription said to have read: THIS FABRIC WAS BUILT BY EARL DAVID / WEMYSS AND TOWN / FOR THE CRIBBING OF VICE AND SERVICE TO / CROWN. Boarded timber door on return to left. Second stage of the tower with arrowslit to northwest, third stage with arrowslit to each elevation, fourth stage with clock face to each elevation and fifth stage as the third, but with wider openings giving way to lead/copper splay-foot spire with swan weathervane.

Blinded windows. Clay pantiles. Harled chimneystacks with cans and ashlar-coped skews.

Interior: second floor now a single room (formerly partitioned) with 18th century-style decorated plaster ceiling. Two fireplaces to east, roof rebuilt.