West End, Collessie

Pair of 18th century, single storey, three-bay, rectangular-plan cottages. The south elevation of each cottage has a central entrance door flanked by single windows and the rear (north) elevation has a single window. Both cottages have chimney stacks on the gables and roof ridge and these have thackstanes.

West End (to the west) was restored between 2002 and 2008 by Arc Architects. Its exterior walls are lime harled with exposed stone margins and the cottage has a thatched roof in Tay water reed with two thatched eyebrow dormer windows. The netted ridge is clay and blueberry turf. The west gable end has a single window at the ground floor and an attic window. The windows are timber, those at the ground floor are 12-pane and the attic windows are four-pane.

West End Cottage (to the east) has non-traditional render and slated roofs. The windows and entrance door are non-traditional replacements.

The interior of West End was seen in 2017. Joinery, crown glass and ironmongery has been retained where possible during the refurbishment. There is a fireplace recess with stone margins in the kitchen and the fire surround in the living room has reclaimed and salvaged stone. Rough-sawn pine roof timbers are exposed between plaster infill. Reclaimed pitch pine was used for the new stairs, flooring and doors.

To the south of West End is a small former washhouse (listed separately at category C, see LB2475).