Bank House, 10 Bank Street, Inverkeithing

Circa 1820. 2-storey, 3-bay, square-plan villa with Roman Doric portico to garden front. Coursed ashlar to E; coursed squared rubble to N, W and S. Droved ashlar quoin strips; droved rybats with margins; stone cills; straight raised margins; moulded eaves course to E. Elevated stone terrace to E over 3 vaulted cellars.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central tetrastyle Roman Doric portico (reconstructed 1992), paired plain shafted columns, corresponding pilasters; triglyphs and metopes; timber panelled door, margin-paned fanlight; flanking ground floor windows, Georgian-style cast-iron electric immitation gaslight (1996). 3 1st floor windows.

N ELEVATION: central ground and 1st floor windows.

W (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: plain corniced flat-roofed porch (2001) off-centre left; ground floor windows to outer bays. Central stair window between ground and 1st floor. 2 1st floor windows (close to eaves) to outer bays.

S ELEVATION: central ground and 1st floor windows.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; 20th century modern windows to S. Piended roof; grey slates; coped wallhead stacks; octagonal clay cans.

INTERIOR: hall remodelled in plain neo-classical style with Roman Doric arched screen of grey-veined marble (2001). Faux-marbled stone staircase, pierced cast-iron balusters, mahogany hand rail. Greek key and foliate cornices to dining and drawing rooms. Low panelled dado and plain pilastered chimneypieces to principal rooms; decorative cast-iron fire surrounds to most secondary rooms.

GARDEN TERRACE, VAULTED CELLARS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: wide stone terrace with cast-iron fleur-de-lis railings. Stone stair to S leading to lower garden. 3 open vaulted cellars beneath raised stone terrace with iron gates. Coped random rubble boundary walls enclosing landscaped garden and outlining traditional rig system. Marriage lintel inscribed and dated "17 JC ?? 13" set over exit doorway to SE.