29 Canmore Street, Dunfermline

The building at 29 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, is an earlier-mid 19th century detached villa, now converted into flats, with a later addition to the east. It is designed in a classical style and comprises a main three-bay block and a narrower, lower-height two-storey wing. The main (north) elevation is of polished ashlar with a droved basement, while the remaining elevations are of coursed rubble with droved ashlar dressings. A base course runs along the basement and ground floor, with a band course above the ground floor and an eaves cornice to the principal elevation. Elsewhere, an eaves band and vertical margins mark the arrises. Moulded architraves with aprons frame the ground floor windows on the principal elevation, while all other windows have architraved openings.

The north (principal) elevation features steps leading to a central entrance with a shallow porch supported by short walls ending as pilasters and a pair of Ionic columns. The entrance door is timber-panelled with a border-glazed rectangular fanlight. There is a window above the door, and one to either side on each floor; the first-floor windows have recessed aprons. A central entrance to the basement is accessed via a 9-panel timber door with a multi-pane rectangular fanlight. A porch projecting to the left of the ground floor is supported by a pair of short flanking walls terminating as pilasters, with a 6-panel timber door and rectangular fanlight. Cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys and spearhead finials are present along the street in front of the basement and to either side of the main entrance steps.

The south elevation features a central basement entrance with a two-light fanlight. There is a window above the basement entrance to both the ground and first floors, flanked by windows on each floor. The first-floor windows are of door-height with decorative cast-iron balconies; a central ground floor window was formerly a door-height opening, now infilled with timber. A two-storey wing extends to the right, with two windows on each floor.

The east elevation has two windows at different levels centered on the block, with a projecting two-storey extension to the left. A ground floor vestibule projects to the right. The west elevation has a central entrance with a 9-panel timber door, plus a window at a higher level to the left, and a window above it.

The windows are mostly 12-pane timber sash and case. The roofs are piended and covered in grey slate. The main block has a wallhead stack with six corniced octagonal stacks, two on either side; the two-storey wing has a corniced wallhead stack with a band course on its east side, with round cans.

The interior was not inspected in 1998.