Royal Hotel, Seaforth Place, Burntisland

Early 19th century. 2-storey with basement and attic, 5-bay, rectangular-plan classical hotel, converted to flats. Ashlar with raised quoins, band courses, ground floor cill course, eaves cornice and blocking course; architraved surrounds.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Flight of 11 steps oversailing basement to advanced centre bay with wide doorcase with Doric columns, frieze and cornice, semi-circular fanlight. 9-panelled door with radial-astragalled fanlight, windows in flanking bays with regular bays at basement and 1st floor, 3 slate-hung piended canted dormer windows above.

N ELEVATION: symmetrical. 3 windows to ground and 1st floor over (obscured) basement; piended canted dormer windows to outer right and to outer left.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: small window towards rear at 1st floor, 2 small windows toward centre in attic.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slates. Ashlar coped broad gablehead stacks and skews, cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers.

STEPS AND RAILINGS: flight of 11 steps thrown over basement to main entrance with decorative cast-iron railings to centre, plain cast-iron to outer edges.