Broomhead House, Dunfermline

Broomhead House is an earlier 19th-century classical house with later additions, situated in Dunfermline. The house is three storeys high and presents a symmetrical design with an advanced three-bay central section and two-storey outer bays.

The principal south-east elevation is constructed of sandstone, honey-coloured to the ground and first floors of the central section, with grey ashlar for the outer bays, and stugged grey sandstone elsewhere. A base course, eaves course, and prominent eaves cornice run along the facade, accented by moulded architraves. The central entrance features a large, panelled door with a fanlight above, set within a moulded ashlar doorpiece. An ashlar porch with paired Ionic columns supporting the front, and Ionic pilasters to the rear, is topped by a decorative entablature. Flanking glazed doors are supported by voluted and scrolled consoles, which also support a corniced hoodmould. Steps lead up to the doors, and three 1st-floor and three 2nd-floor windows are centred above, each with corniced hoodmoulds. A corniced pediment with a plain keystone sits above the central 1st-floor window. The outer bays feature symmetrical, canted bay windows on the 1st and 2nd floors, also with corniced hoodmoulds and chamfered stone mullions. A pronounced eaves cornice runs above a plain frieze, and a low, corniced parapet punctuated by numerous small arches tops the central three-storey section.

The south-west and north-east elevations exhibit a plain, narrow section set back to the rear, with chamfered quoins to the advanced section. They feature two ground and two first-floor windows (blocked to the south). Brackets support the first-floor windows, and a band course runs along the elevation. A chimneybreast projects from the first floor, incorporating a corbelled and arched base and a plain shield above. The base course and cornice continue from the main elevation.

The north-west elevation is characterized by a mix of window arrangements, with varying numbers of ground and first-floor windows on the left and right sections. Plain ashlar surrounds the windows and the plain eaves course. The central three-storey section has a ground-floor window to the right and a ground-floor window to the left, with upper storeys set back and single 2nd-floor windows to either side. An advanced central bay incorporates a round-headed stair window with a plain keystone, tabs, and a stained-glass window. A piended ground-floor wing connects to the rear mews, featuring three windows on the west elevation and a window with a door on the east elevation.

The windows predominantly feature a four-pane glazing pattern to the central section, with two-pane windows to the bay windows, all within timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered with grey slate and lead flashing, with two wall head stacks to the north-east and south-west gables, corniced, chamfered, and featuring base mouldings, raised margins, and circular cans. Five polygonal stacks are situated on each central section gable, also with circular cans.

The interior includes a panelled and glazed central inner door within the entrance porch. The entrance hall boasts decorative Minton floor tiles and egg and dart and rose cornicing throughout. A corbelled arch appears in the hall and on the first floor, and an open-well staircase has decorative cast-iron balusters and a timber handrail. A stained-glass stair window showcases a geometric floral motif in pink, red, and yellow. A gabled stair rooflight provides additional illumination.

A balustraded ashlar wall runs along the front of the house.