J Laing's House, Low Causeway, Culross

J Laing's House, located on Low Causeway in Culross, dates from the late 17th to 18th century. It is a two-storey house that has been converted into two flats as of 2001. The exterior features painted ashlar margins and a base course, with white harling on the main facade and render on the rear.

On the north (principal) elevation, there is an off-centre two-leaf door, with ground floor windows positioned at both the far left and far right. The east elevation is attached to Pear Tree Cottage. The south elevation has a plain section to the left and an advanced later forestair on the right, along with a kitchen extension at the first floor. There are two windows in the kitchen, and a door on the right return. Below the forestair is an opening, with a ground floor door leading below the kitchen. To the right of the forestair is a ground floor window, and above it on the first floor is another window.

The west elevation has a ground floor window to the right and two first floor windows. The right quoin is cut away to allow passage access between this house and 1C-4C Sandhaven to the right, featuring a timber plank door to the passage. There is also a spur stone on the left quoin.

The house displays a variety of glazing, including fixed ground floor windows on the principal elevation, as well as four and twelve-pane timber sash and case windows alongside modern fenestration. The doors are timber boarded, with a modern timber and glazed door leading to the first floor kitchen. The pitched roof is covered with clay pantiles and features crowstepped gables and beaked skewputts, with gable end stacks.

The interior was not seen in 2001.

At the rear of the house is a two-storey barn constructed of sandstone rubble. The northeast elevation has a ground floor door to the left and a central loft door on the first floor. The southeast elevation was not seen in 2001. The southwest elevation features large inserted doors at the ground floor and a first floor window to the left. The northwest elevation has ground floor windows at the far left and centre, with a door to the right. The barn has replacement fenestration and doors, a pitched roof covered in clay pantiles, and a stack at the southwest gable apex. The interior was also not seen in 2001.

Additionally, there is a tall rubble garden wall that extends from the rear east gable of the house to the east of the barn, enclosing a rear garden strip and featuring a blocked doorway next to the house.