5 Guildhall Street, Dunfermline

5 Guildhall Street in Dunfermline is a public house that was rebuilt in 1898 from an earlier structure and re-fronted by John Houston in 1910. There have been minor alterations to the ground floor in the late 20th century. The building is two stories tall and features a three-bay Edwardian Baroque street front facing east. The street elevation is made of sandstone ashlar, which has been painted at the ground floor level, while the rest of the building is harled with sandstone ashlar dressings.

Architectural details include a moulded cill band on the first floor for the east and south elevations, a dentilled cornice at the ground floor, and a moulded band course above the first-floor windows on the street elevation. The eaves have a band along the north and south elevations. The first-floor windows on the street elevation are pedimented and have moulded architraves.

On the east elevation, there are flanking outer entrances, with a panelled folding timber door and a ventilated rectangular fanlight to the left, and a replacement timber door to the right. A large central window is situated between these entrances, topped with a fascia board and flanked by pedimented stone brackets. The first-floor bays are divided by pilasters, which are panelled at the lower level. The central window on the first floor is a two-light window supported by a column that acts as a mullion, continuing as a pilaster to a bolection-moulded frieze above and below the cill. An open-topped pediment with a fleur-de-lys motif at the center is adjacent to a band course, with segmental pediments above the flanking outer windows. A shaped pediment with a moulded band course spans the central bay, featuring a miniature semicircular pediment at the apex and miniature pediments above the outer pilasters.

The south elevation has two entrances with replacement timber doors to the left and three windows above. The building features 2-pane timber sash and case windows, except for a large multi-pane fixed light replacement window on the street elevation. The roof is covered with grey slate. The interior of the ground floor has been modernised.