275-277 High Street, Kirkcaldy is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 January 1971. Tenement. 2 related planning applications.

275-277 High Street, Kirkcaldy

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 January 1971
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Early 19th century with 20th century alterations. 3-storey with attic, 6-bay tenement with shops at ground. Ashlar, harl and dry-dash with stone cills and quoins. Ground floor bracketed cornice and eaves cornice, both mutuled.

S (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: ground floor with traditional shop to left of centre with in-canted part-glazed door at centre and flanking display windows below fascia; ashlar pier to centre with decorative fluted brackets and modern shop to right; 6 windows each to 1st and 2nd floors, pedimented attic with 2 windows and broad gablehead stack breaking eaves to centre, piended timber dormer windows over outer bays.

N ELEVATION: much detail obscured but centre attic gablet (as S elevation) visible, and slightly lower part-crowstepped building to N.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, fixed plate glass glazing to shops. Grey slates. Ashlar coped skews and cavetto coped ashlar stacks, some with cans. Cast-iron downpipes and decorative rainwater hopper to SE.

Detailed Attributes

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