Melville Cottage, 4 Station Place, Aberdour

Melville Cottage, located at 4 Station Place in Aberdour, is an 18th-century building that consists of two adjoining houses: No 2 Rose Cottage to the northeast and No 4 Melville Cottage to the southwest. No 2 is a symmetrical, two-storey, three-bay rectangular house, while No 4 is an asymmetrical, two-storey, two-bay double-plan house featuring a chamfered arris at the far western corner. Both houses are rendered, with painted stone margins around the openings of No 2.

On the southwest elevation, No 2 has a central door flanked by windows, with first-floor windows positioned close to the eaves directly above. In contrast, No 4 has a door to the right and a window to the left, with first-floor windows centered above. The northwest elevation is partially visible and features a plain double gable wall. The northeast elevation of No 2 has a central door with flanking windows and first-floor windows centered above, while No 4's rear elevation is not visible.

On the southeast elevation, No 2 has a small window on the ground floor at the far left. No 4 has a second gable set back to the right, which includes a 20th-century single-storey extension that is partially visible. There is a door off-centre to the left, flanked by a lean-to and a window, with three unevenly arranged windows on the first floor.

No 2 features a timber panelled door with a two-pane letterbox fanlight and predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The pitched roof has a modern covering, with a raised coped skew and a coped gable apex stack to the northeast, along with a shared coped ridge stack and replacement polygonal cans. No 4 has a replacement door and predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with interlocking concrete tiles on the southeast and replacement clay pantiles on the northwest. It also has a raised coped skew and a coped gable apex stack to the southwest, with replacement polygonal cans.

The interior of No 2 has been modernized, while the interior of No 4 is not visible. Additionally, there are 19th-century cast-iron railings on the main elevation of No 2, featuring fleur de lys and pineapple finials, although the gate is missing.