Forgan House, The Links and 5 Pilmour Links, and The Old Course Shop, The Links, St Andrews

Mid and late 19th century, with later alterations. Prominently sited 3-part group of interlinked two-storey properties running together on falling ground, serving first as golf club factory, latterly as mill shop and golf club facilities; block to rear was built as the wood drying shed. Converted to golf club facilities at first floor (2000-2002). Rendered/painted stone.

N (THE LINKS) ELEVATION: Remodelled to present form by Gillespie and Scott, 1925 to 1927. Two piend-roofed blocks to centre and left with 6-light and 4-light decorative windows respectively at first floor over modern shop door and windows under continuous fascia (added in 1999-2001) and built over former pavement. Section to right off-centre gablehead breaking eaves with tall round-arched window at first floor, flanked each side by small windows, further window to left breaking eaves in semicircular dormerhead pediment. Square headed and chamfered ashlar doorway to far left (reconstructed 2000-2002) in 1864 section of the golf hotel (formerly Allan Robertson's villa) now forming access to Royal and Ancient club facilities.

S (PILMOUR LINKS) ELEVATION: 1894: simpler, short entrance elevation leading through to rear linking blocks and to The Links. Also connected to west to 6 Pilmour Links (see separate listing – LB42671)

Band and hoop glazing pattern to decorative windows, timber mullions and transoms (1920s?). Grey slates, fishscale pattern to outer piended roof; cast-iron rooflights. Coped stacks. Coped skew. Flagpole.

CENTRAL LINKING BLOCKS: Wood drying shed (south): mid to late 19th century, now clapboarded, slated roof with dormers added 2018-2019. Former factory block (north): 1888, runs north-northeast to south-southwest. Brick built and rendered in early 2000s consisting of a factory at ground level with stanchion supports and a former finishing shop to the upper level.

INTERIOR (seen in 1998): retains essential spatial arrangement of golf club manufacturers.