21 Townhall Street, Inverkeithing

R J Naismith, Sir Frank Mears and Partners, 1965. 3-storey, 8-bay tenement complex, with 3 different façades to principal elevation, all in traditional style. Tenement to right (Nos 9, 9A, 11, 13): 3-storey, 5-bay (3 wide bays at upper floors). Rendered; ashlar dressings; deep base course; eaves course; narrow stone cills; strip quoins. Scrolled skewputts. Tenement to centre (Nos 15, 17, 19): 3-storey, 4-bay (3 wide bays at upper floors). Raked, snecked, and squared rubble; rubble and ashlar dressings; squared rubble quoins; narrow stone cills. Segmental-arched pend; 2 breaking eaves catslide dormers. Townhouse to left (No 21): 2-storey, 2-bay small townhouse. Cement and dry dash render; narrow stone cills. Pantiled.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: tenement to right (Nos 9, 9A, 11, 13): symmetrical. Central moulded doorway to tenement close; 2 small square windows to right and left of door. 3 windows at 1st and 2nd floor. Tenement to centre (Nos 15, 17, 19): slightly recessed bay to right with pend and small window to far right; 3 square ground floor windows to left of pend. 3 1st floor windows. 2 breaking eaves catslide dormers to left; square 2nd floor window set close to eaves to right. Townhouse to left (No 21): central timber boarded and glazed door; window to right; small window to left. 2 closely set ground floor windows to centre and right.

S ELEVATION: adjoins Nos 2, 4 Bank Street.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: 8-bay, unified elevation. Central pend. 4 doors accessing ground floor flats. Large windows regularly spaced. Access not possible, 2003; description taken from original plans.

N ELEVATION: adjoins Nos 25B Townhall Street.

9-pane timber windows and 12-pane sash and case timber windows. Pitched roof; grey slates (pantiles to small townhouse); straight stone skews; rendered gablehead stacks.

INTERIOR: 8 units comprising: 2, 2 apartment units for single person; 1, 2 apartment unit for 2 persons; 2, 3 apartment units for 3 persons; 1, 3 apartment unit for 4 persons; 2, 4 apartment unit for 6 persons. Access not possible, 2003.