Bishop Leighton's House, 5 Mid Causeway, Culross

Bishop Leighton's House, located at 5 Mid Causeway in Culross, is an early 17th century, two-storey, five-bay house. The main front of the house extends into the street and features harled walls with exposed stone surrounds.

On the northwest (principal) elevation, there is a central door with a chamfered surround, a window to the right, and a blocked door to the left with a roll-moulded door surround. There is also a moulded surround to a blocked window at the far left. The right side has a deeply chamfered quoin with a corbelled stop. A plaque from the National Trust for Scotland is located to the left of the quoin. The first floor has four small windows that hug the eaves.

The northeast elevation features a small first floor window to the right and a chamfered right quoin at the ground floor. The southeast elevation has a near central door, two windows to the right, and a single window to the left, along with four first floor windows hugging the eaves. The southwest elevation includes a small ground floor window and a larger first floor window to the left, with 7 Mid Causeway attached to the right.

The house has varied timber glazing, a replacement timber studded door, and a replacement tirling pin with a thistle head. There is a timber boarded and glazed rear door. The pitched roof has a crowstepped northeast gable and crowsteps along the extended roofline at the southwest principal elevation, covered with clay pantiles, and features a stack at the apex of the northeast gable.

Inside, there is a stone dogleg staircase situated under the extended roofline at the front. A break within the former external walls reveals the great thickness of the walls. The tall first floor garden room to the west has a tall stone banded fireplace with a keystone on the west gable, while other areas have lower, coved ceilings and have been modernised.

A rubble boundary wall extends southeastwards from the southeast gable to enclose the garden.