Melville Cottage, 4 Station Place, Aberdour

18th century. 2 adjoined houses, No 2 Rose Cottage to NE, No 4 Melville Cottage to SW. No 2; symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan house. No 4; assymetrical, 2-storey, 2-bay double-plan house with chamfered arris to far W corner. Render to both, painted stone margins to openings of No 2.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: No 2; central door flanked by windows, 1st floor windows close to eaves centred above. No 4; door to right window to left, 1st floor windows centred above.

NW ELEVATION: partially seen , (2002), plain double gable wall.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: No 2; central door, flanking windows, 1st floor windows centred above. No 4; unseen, (2002).

SE ELEVATION: No 2; small window to ground floor far left. No 4; 2nd gable set back to right with 20th century single storey extension, partially seen, (2002). Door to off-centre left, flanked by lean-to and window, 3 windows arranged unevenly to 1st floor.

No 2; timber panelled door, 2-pane letterbox fanlight. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof, modern covering; raised coped skew, coped gable apex stack to NE. Shared coped ridge stack, replacement polygonal cans. No 4; replacement door, predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Interlocking concrete tiles to SE, replacement clay pantiles to NW. Raised coped skew, coped gable apex stack to SW, replacement polygonal cans.

INTERIOR: No 2; modernised interior. No 4; unseen, (2002).

IRON RAILINGS: 19th century cast-iron railings to main elevation of No 2; fleur de lys and pineapple finials, gate missing, (2002).