Moffat Cottage, 13-17 Heriot Street, Inverkeithing

Earlier 19th century. Single storey and garret on basement, 3-bay, rectangular-plan cottage. Stugged ashlar to principal elevation; random rubble to N, E and S. Stone cills; stop chamfered openings; banded margins to S and E; eaves course. Pilastered doorway; piended dormers. Rustic summer house of random stone construction to NE.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: single storey and garret. Central pilastered doorway with corniced lintel, timber panelled door, plain fanlight; flanking windows. 2 polygonal piended dormers to garret; central cast-iron rooflight.

S ELEVATION: basement window off-centre right; small garret window to left.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey and garret, 3-bay. Timber panelled door off centre right; flanking basement windows to outer bays. 2 small circular and square stair windows (added in 20th century) to centre at inter-floor level. 2 upper floor windows to outer bays; small square stair window. Cast-iron rooflight off-centre right; box dormer to far right.

N ELEVATION: plain gable.

Predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof; grey slates; straight stone skews; coped cement-rendered stacks; circular clay cans.

INTERIOR: spiral stone stair to rear with mahogany handrail and decorative cast-iron railings with reed, acanthus and anthemion design. Glazed and timber panelled vestibule door; plain sidelights framed by timber columnettes; plain segmental fanlight above. All fireplaces blocked.

SUMMERHOUSE: single storey, rectangular-plan, random rubble summerhouse; pitched roof; graded grey slates; overhanging eaves to wallheads. Semi-circular arched timber boarded door to W with timber architrave. Semi-circular arched window to E with 20-pane cast-iron frame (glass missing). Limewash rubble interior; cobbled floor.