Earl David Hotel, Main Street, Coaltown Of Wemyss

The Earl David Hotel, built in 1911 by Alexander Tod, is a two-storey public house and small tenement arranged in a flat-iron plan. It is faced in harled render with painted margins. A mutuled dividing cornice and eaves course run along the building. The elevations feature ogee- and round-headed doorways, corniced bow windows, and shaped pedimented dormerheads breaking the eaves.

The principal south-east elevation has an ogee-headed doorpiece to the right of centre, featuring a carved coat-of-arms within a tympanum and a two-leaf timber door. Adjacent to the door is a window, followed by a large bow window. Further windows are spaced along the elevation, incorporating a glazed oculus and another bow window. To the left, a further window is positioned next to a round-headed doorway with a decoratively-astragalled fanlight. Dormerheads rise above five grouped windows towards the centre and flank a small window. Carved panels are present on the outer bays, one reading 'COALTOWN OF WEMYSS PUBLIC HOUSE SOCIETY' and the other 'EARL DAVID 1911'.

The south-west elevation features a gabled bay to the right of centre, with a bow window to the right and a further window to the left at ground level. A bipartite window sits on the first floor, adjacent to a door to the left. A centre bay features a forestair leading to a first-floor door, flanked by two windows on each floor, linked by a flat roof. To the outer left is a projecting, piended bay with a ground-floor door and a first-floor window on its return to the right.

The north-east elevation presents a gabled form incorporating a bow window at ground level and a bipartite window above. A forestair leads to a doorway with a small, modern window to the left.

The north-west elevation is asymmetrical, incorporating a variety of elements, including four windows (grouped 1-3) pedimented as described above.

The windows are timber sash and case, with 8- and 12-pane glazing patterns. Bow windows on the south-east and south-west have fixed multi-pane glazing incorporating leaded coloured glass. The north-east bow window features 2-pane glazing over plate glass lower panes. The roof is covered in grey slates. The building has coped harled stacks with cans, ashlar-coped stepped skews with moulded skewputts, and cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers.

Inside, the interior is largely modern. Original coloured glass is retained in the bow windows. A floor mosaic depicts a swan and is worded ‘COALTOWN OF WEMYSS’ and ‘EARL DAVID PUBLIC HOUSE SOCIETY LIMITED’.