Archway, Rossend Castle, Burntisland is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. Archway.
Archway, Rossend Castle, Burntisland
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-cornice-vermeil
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 September 1979
- Type
- Archway
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mid 19th century dated 1382. Carriage archway with flanking turrets and adjacent pedestrian archway. Rubble with stugged ashlar quoins and dressings. Base course, raked course, corbelling and crenellated parapet.
E (ORIGINAL ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: pointed carriage arch with segmental bracing inner arch, flanking piers crowned with corbelled circular bartizans and linked with crenellated parapet. Spandrels with small panels, to left with crown, entwined initials and date 1565, to right with crown over shield bearing cross and dated 1119. Bartizans with cross gunloops; centre crenellated parapet with crown over lion on shield and date '1582'. Lower rounded pedestrian archway to right inscribed 'Rossend' and dated '1382', blind tablet above surmounted by semicircular coping and adjoining coped rubble boundary wall to outer right.
W ELEVATION: chamfered corner to outer right and pedestrian archway to left.
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