Museum, Queen Street, Inverkeithing

Mid 14th century friary hospitium; remodelled as tenement in 17th century; converted into museum, 1934-1937. 2-storey, 6-bay, roughly L-plan arrangement of main block and double-pitched S wing comprising W range of former Franciscan conventual buildings. Random rubble; some squared coursed rubble and ashlar to W; dressed stone margins. Coped rubble forestair to W; lancet windows; crowstepped gables. Well to E (in grounds of former cloister). Ruined vaulted cellars, forming undercroft to former N range, mid 14th century.

W (STREET) ELEVATION: 4 bays to main block left, 2 bays to S wing right. Ashlar coped rubble forestair, pointed arched doorway with timber boarded door to penultimate bay left. Arrow slit ground floor window to left of stair; small window at 1st floor and another set below eaves to far left. 2 blocked windows above stair. Pointed arched doorway at foot of stair to right; transomed and mullioned lancet window above. 2 ground floor arrow slit windows to 2 right-hand bays (S wing); 2 timber sash and case windows centred above.

S ELEVATION: double-pitched; irregular fenestration. Central window at upper floor level. Arrow slit to right at ground floor; window above at 1st floor; shouldered and chamfered blocked opening above. String course to right-hand gablehead.

E (GARDEN) ELEVATION: irregular fenestration; main block to right, S wing projecting left. Central pointed arched doorway. Lean-to roofed newel-stair off-centre left. Transomed and mullioned lancet window to right of newel-stair at upper level. Variety of openings of different sizes including lancet and square windows, square leaded windows;

N ELEVATION: plain gable; former window opening and steeply pitched profile of previously attached buildings in evidence.

Predominantly leaded windows to main block to N; 15-pane timber sash and case to S wing. Pitched roofs; pantiles to main block; grey slates to S wing; straight stone skews to SE gable; beaked skewputts. Gablehead stacks to N and SW; wallhead stack to SE; circular clay cans to S stacks.

INTERIOR: barrel vaulted ground floor; large hall at 1st floor. Turnpike stone stairs to SE; pointed ashlar archways to various passages and internal spaces.

WELL AND VAULTED CELLARS: square-plan rubble-built well to E. 3 barrel-vaulted chambers of ruined rubble-built undercroft sunk in ground to NE; arched doorway communicating between eastmost chambers.