27, 29 High Street, Pittenweem

Dated 1635, re-faced late 19th century, early to earlier 20th century shopfront. Prominent crowstepped 2- and 3-storey with attic, 4-bay, T-plan former merchant's house in irregular terrace (adjoining separately listed late 16th century town house of Earls of Kellie), and with single storey and attic, red sandstone, pantiled projection at rear. Painted lined render. Painted base course, deep band course over ground floor.

S (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: chamfered arrises to door at centre. Banded surround to bipartite window at right (E). Moulded architraved windows at 1st and 2nd floors, all with advanced cills; broad 6-panelled centre door with large window (now bipartite) below modern fascia at right and well-detailed shop (see below) to left. Regularly-fenestrated bays at each floor above, 1st floor with bipartite window at outer left and moulded date panel at centre over modern plaque worded 'THE OLD MANSE'; 2nd floor with smaller windows abutting eaves. Tall, 2-bay gable to centre of rear elevation with lower red sandstone projection at right extending into higher ground.

SHOPFRONT: geometric-tiled lobby and decoratively-etched part-glazed door at left with display window to right over deep stallriser, all under multi-pane clerestorey with coloured vertical lights and 3 panels, centre panel worded 'TEAS'. Blind box with outer handles and centre locking strip below modern fascia (see Notes).

9- and 12-pane glazing patterns in replacement timber sash and case windows. Grey slates and red clay pantiles. Ashlar stacks, that to E truncated and with thackstane.

INTERIORS: some good interior detail retained including moulded cornices, architraves, panelled timber doors and shutters, timber fire surrounds with cast iron grates. Encaustic tiled hall floor and dog-leg staircase with boarded timber dado. Shop retains part-glazed timber panelling, counter and shelves.