J Laing's House, Low Causeway, Culross

Late 17th-18th century. 2-storey house (now 2 flats, 2001). Painted ashlar margins, base course; white harling. Render to rear.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: off-centre 2-leaf door; ground floor window to far left and far right.

E ELEVATION: attached to Pear Tree Cottage

S ELEVATION: plain elevation to left; advanced later forestair from right; kitchen extension at 1st floor. 2 windows to kitchen; door to right return. Opening below forestair; ground floor door below kitchen. Ground floor window to right of forestair; 1st floor window above left.

W ELEVATION: ground floor window to right; 2 1st floor windows. Right quoin cut away for passage access between this house and 1C-4C Sandhaven to right; timber plank door to passage. Spur stone to left quoin.

Variety of glazing; fixed ground floor principal elevation windows; 4 and 12-pane timber sash and case windows and modern fenestration. Timber boarded doors; modern timber and glazed 1st floor kitchen door. Pitched roof; clay pantiles. Crowstepped gables; beaked skewputts. Gable end stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2001.

BARN

2-storey barn to rear; sandstone rubble.

NE ELEVATION: ground floor door to left; central 1st floor loft door.

SE ELEVATION: not seen, 2001.

SW ELEVATION: large inserted doors at ground floor; 1st floor window to left.

NW ELEVATION: ground floor windows to far left and centre; door to right.

Replacement fenestration and doors. Pitched roof; clay pantiles. SW gable apex stack.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2001.

GARDEN WALL

Tall rubble wall extends from rear E gable of house to E of barn and south westwards to enclose rear garden strip. Blocked doorway within wall, next to house.