Albany House, 80 Rose Street, Dunfermline

Later 19th century rebuilding of early 19th century structure. 2-storey and basement; 3-bay; rectangular-plan with flanking single storey pavilions with single pitch roofs; detached villa with Doric entrance porch and flanking canted bays to S elevation; Palladian windows and crenellations to pavilions. Coursed droved sandstone with polished ashlar dressings to principal (N and S) elevations; coursed rubble elsewhere. Base course to ground floor to N and S elevations of main block; eaves course. Quoins to main block and pavilions to S elevation; ashlar margins to N side of pavilions. Coped gables throughout; moulded skewputts to main block.

S ELEVATION: symmetrical arrangement. Steps up to central entrance with open porch comprising entablature supported on pair of Doric columns; flanking pilasters set back to either side of 4-panel timber door. Window above. Flanking canted bays; window to central face only to basement; curved cill extends to either side; mullioned tripartites to upper floors; curved cill to lower ones; panelled cill to upper ones. Flanking pavilions set back slightly; crenellated at apex; each with single Palladian window to centre (side lights blocked).

N ELEVATION: 4-bay arrangement. Tall hoodmoulded round-arched stair window (with coloured border-glazing) to centre. Entrance with consoled cornice to right; 4-panel timber door with rectangular fanlight. Regular fenestration (window to each floor to each bay) elsewhere; upper windows larger. Rendered outhouse range extends along ground floor to right.

E ELEVATION: pavilion (harled on this side) occupies left side of basement; architraved entrance to right return. Window set back to right to main block; small narrow light above.

W ELEVATION: pavilion (with harled extension) occupies right side of basement. Rubble gable end of outhouse range projects forward to left. Arrowslit opening set back to gable of main block.

2, 4 and 12-pane timber sash and case windows throughout. Grey slate roofs to main block and outhouse range; corrugated-iron to pavilions. Wide corniced gablehead stacks with band courses to either side of main block; gablehead stack to outhouse range; cans mostly missing.

INTERIOR: not inspected (1999).

GARDEN WALL: low harled crenellated wall immediately to S.

BOUNDARY WALL: rubble wall with ashlar slab coping adjoins house with square-plan corniced gatepier to E along Rose Street (E gatepier now part of garage).