Mary Somerville's House, 31-32 Somerville Square, Burntisland

17th century with later alterations, notably at rear. 3-storey tenement with dominant stack to street, in irregular terrace to W. Harled with painted margins.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: widely spaced bays, much blank wallplane; panelled timber door below commemorative plaque in advanced chimney breast rising as substantial shouldered stack at wallhead: panelled timber doors to right and to left (latter altered from window opening), regular fenestration in bay above that to left, and off-line above that to right (2nd floor opening enlarged); small 2nd floor window (later addition) in jettied wallplane to left of stack and windows in outer right bay at 1st and 2nd floor.

S ELEVATION: flight of stairs lead to part-glazed door (modern alteration) with adjacent light to left at 1st

floor, 5 windows to right at ground, 6 windows to right at 1st and 2nd floors, further window to left at 2nd floor.

E ELEVATION: windows to outer right at 2nd floor.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows throughout. Grey slates. Ashlar coped skews, crowsteps and thackstanes, coped ashlar stacks with cans.