Co-Op, Chapel Street, Bank Street, Lochgelly

The Co-Op building on Chapel Street and Bank Street in Lochgelly was originally constructed in 1901, with an extension added in 1909-1910. It features a prominent corner location and is designed in an identical Edwardian Baroque style. The building is two stories tall, with modern shopfronts at ground level and a slim circular clock tower at the corner.

The exterior is faced with ashlar stone and includes a cill course at the first floor. The first-floor elevation on Bank Street showcases an advanced off-centre five-window bay, flanked by clasping rusticated pilasters. The central window is set within an elaborate Baroque aedicule, featuring a half-rusticated order and a heavily swagged apron panel below. Above this, there is a semicircular open pediment and a stepped block parapet. A small cupola with a peristyle of timber columns and a leaded dome sits on the ridge of the roof behind. To the right of the bay, there are four symmetrical bays consisting of pairs of three-light mullion and transom windows surrounding a sculptured panel, with bipartite windows in the outer bays. To the left, two three-light mullion and transom windows flank a central bipartite window.

The clock tower is three stages high, featuring single windows at the first floor with curved plate glass glazing and Gibbs surrounds. Above, there are three clock faces under open pediments, accompanied by keyblocked, elaborately sculptured projecting apron panels below. The tower is topped with a two-tier wallhead cornice, a leaded dome with a peristyled cupola, and an elaborate wrought-iron weather-vane finial.

The Chapel Street elevation is simpler, with harled bays that contain single windows and wallhead stacks. The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 1991.