Feuars Arms, 66-68 Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy

The Feuars Arms, located at 66-68 Commercial Street in Kirkcaldy, is a public house that was converted from a former flour mill in 1859 and rebuilt in 1890. The interior was remodeled by William Williamson in 1902. This outstanding two-storey and cellar building is designed in a Jacobean style with multiple gables and is situated on a corner site. It retains a rare Art Nouveau interior featuring fine tiling, glazing, and fittings.

The exterior is constructed of red sandstone ashlar at the ground level, with stugged, squared, and snecked bull-faced rubble and contrasting red sandstone dressings above, while the south and west sides are harled. Architectural details include a base course, a ground floor cornice, and a mutule cornice on the canted bay. The canted corner features a round-headed niche that is corbelled out to support a castellated tripartite oriel window. Additional features include a corbelled stack piercing the gable head, segmental dormer window heads, and relief-carved panels. The bar windows are fitted with timber transoms and mullions.

The principal ground floor windows showcase decorative coloured glass, while the first floor has 8- and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are cavetto-coped ashlar stacks with some cans, ashlar-coped skews, overhanging eaves, and cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers.

Inside, the ground floor bar boasts an outstanding and well-detailed interior, including notable ceramics that are almost in original condition. Decorative plasterwork cornices and a ceiling rose enhance the space. The large bar features decoratively tiled walls in an 'art furniture' style, including two single tile Doulton panels depicting a 'fool' and a 'shepherdess'. The mosaic floor is divided into bordered panels, and there are two internal porches with the name 'Feuars Arms'. The mahogany U-plan bar counter is 18 metres long, fronted with brown tilework and plain ceramic tiles on the inside. The back gantry encloses a semi-octagonal office with a long case clock and coloured glass panels. Large windows feature 'Studio' school glass displaying the arms of Scotland, England, and Ireland, along with flowers and stylized buildings, while the internal porches have engraved glass panels. The toilet cubicle includes marble urinals and a very rare glass-panelled Doulton's cistern. The cellar contains a flour hoist.