Manse, 2 Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy

The Manse at 2 Townsend Place in Kirkcaldy is a building constructed in 1808 by mason John Stevenson, with later additions and alterations made by Mr. Martin and James Elliott, including a doorpiece added in 1839, an eastern extension by William Little in 1867, a southern wing added after 1881, and dormers added in 1899. This manse is two stories high with an attic and has a rectangular plan, featuring six bays and single-storey offices at the rear. The exterior is harled with painted margins and quoin strips, and it includes base and eaves courses, chamfered arrises, and stone mullions.

The west elevation, which is the principal facade, has five original symmetrical bays. The central bay features a Doric-columned doorcase with a deep-set panelled timber door and a plate glass fanlight. There are two windows in the flanking bays and regular fenestration on the first floor, with two piended dormer windows above the flanking 19th-century rooflight. To the outer right, there is a slightly recessed bay with an advanced, corniced bipartite window at ground level and a smaller bipartite window above, topped with a block pediment that breaks the eaves.

On the north elevation facing Townsend Place, there is a window to the left at ground level and two small windows in the gablehead, along with a single-storey bay to the outer left. The south elevation features a part-glazed door to the left at ground level. The east elevation is asymmetrical, including three advanced, piended single-storey bays to the right.

The windows throughout the building are timber sash and case with various glazing patterns, including 4-pane, 12-pane, and plate glass. The roof is covered with graded grey slates, and the original building has coped rubble stacks, while the southern wing has a coped ashlar stack, all equipped with cans and thackstanes.

Inside, the original house features plain cornices, an etched glass screen door, and a timber balustered staircase with ball-finialled newels. There is a ground floor room to the south that includes a decorative cornice and a marble fireplace.

The property is enclosed by coped, coursed rubble boundary walls.