Galloway Inn, 8 Kirk Street, Markinch

Early 19th century with later additions and possibly incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey, 3-bay, L-plan coaching inn with pilastered doorcase, on ground falling to S. Painted dressed ashlar and coursed rubble, painted margins and quoin strips; eaves course.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Panelled timber door with plate glass fanlight in pilastered and corniced doorcase at centre, windows in flanking bays and 3 regular windows close to eaves at 1st floor.

S entrance: modern flat-roofed extension at ground not included in this listing. M-gabled above with window to right of centre at 1st floor. Recessed wall to right with garage openings at ground and 2 windows at 1st floor, single storey lean-to extension in re-entrant angle.

N ENTRANCE: irregular fenestration, M-gable bridged-in and cart-bay to left of centre blocked.

E ELEVATION: gable end with modern stair extension.

Mainly 8-, 12- and plate glass glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, top-opening timber windows to right at W and to E stair extension. Grey slates to W (small at apex) and pantiles. Coped ashlar stacks with some polygonal cans to S, coped brick to N and truncated ashlar to E. Ashlar coped skews with ropework scroll skewputts to W.