Stables And Gig House, Grayforth House, 3 Manse Lane, Burntisland

The stables and gig house, part of Grayforth House in Burntisland, were built in 1842-4 by John Henderson, with later extensions in the late 19th century (possibly 1897) and the 20th century. Originally stables and a gig house, the complex has been adapted for residential use. The building is constructed in a Tudor style, displaying a dominant full-height stack with an incised cross. The exterior is a combination of squared and snecked rubble masonry, polished and droved ashlar, and long and short quoins, with decorative hoodmoulds, chamfered arrises, and stone mullions.

The east elevation features a projecting, single-storey, pointed-arch entrance at centre which connects to a gabled bay to the left. The entrance has a deep-set, wide, panelled door with a glazed fanlight, set below a hoodmould with label stops. A narrow window is situated to the right return. To the right of the entrance is a window with a hoodmould and label stop, and a dry-dashed extension to the outer right. The left gabled bay includes a narrow window with a hoodmould and diamond label stops, set within a slightly advanced stack with a raked batter to the left and an angled buttress to the outer left. The first floor includes a small window at centre, a window to the right with a gabled dormerhead breaking the eaves, and a blind oculus in the gablehead. The advanced stack on the left of centre has an incised cross with a hoodmould in its second stage.

The south elevation displays an advanced gable at centre featuring a tripartite window at ground level with a hoodmould and diamond label stops. This gable is flanked by two-stage buttresses and has a window with a hoodmould in a recessed face to the right. The first floor includes a window in the advanced gable, a window to the right with a dormerhead breaking the eaves and a blind oculus in the gablehead, and a window on the return to the left. A lower, recessed 19th century extension is located to the left, with a window to the right and a small window to the left. The first floor of this extension has a window to the right with a dormerhead breaking the eaves, and a window to the left which has been altered to incorporate a 20th century addition.

The north elevation is largely obscured by a 20th century addition. A 19th century extension is located to the outer right, with windows at both floors, and a further 20th century addition clasping the outer corner.

The windows are timber sash and case windows with 8-, 12-, and 16-pane glazing, and plate glass. The roof is covered in graded grey slates, with coped ashlar skews and ashlar coped shouldered stacks with moulded cans. Cast-iron downpipes are accompanied by moulded gutters and decorative brackets.

The interior features an entrance vestibule with decorative floor tiles and a dado rail. There is also cornicing, window shutters, and bar sash lifts. The fireplaces are moulded timber and marble, with one featuring Art Nouveau tile slips. A maid’s room in the 19th century extension has a decorative cast-iron fireplace and tile slips. A spiral staircase has decorative cast-iron balusters and a timber handrail.

The stables and gig house are constructed of heavily dressed stone, with droved long and short quoins, a wide timber door to the right of centre, a further timber door to the outer right, a small window to the left, and a timber door to the outer left. A gabled dormer opening above once provided access to a hayloft and has a new timber door. An adjoining extension is located at the left corner.