2-3 Kingscavil Cottages, Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow

A symmetrical terrace of six single-storey and attic cottage-orn cottages with a single-storey schoolhouse to the west, likely designed by Campbell Walker and built in 1873. The cottages are constructed from cream sandstone cyclopean rubble with rock-faced bands forming cill and lintel courses; ashlar dressings feature on the principal elevations, while the rear elevation exhibits snecked rubble. Stop-chamfered reveals and stone mullions are characteristic features.

The cottages have tripartite windows at ground level, with bipartite windows above on the north, east, and west elevations. Squared basket-arched doorways have boarded doors and decorative wrought-iron hinges. The steep-gabled roofs are covered in grey slates with fishscale bands, with deeply overhanging eaves and bargeboards. Tall, coped rock-faced stacks provide ventilation.

The north (entrance) elevation has four recessed single-storey and attic bays at its centre, with two doors flanked by windows. Two gabled dormers are positioned above these entrances. Two M-gabled bays project to the right and left, each pair containing a door near the centre bays, alongside a tripartite window at ground level and a bipartite attic window. Gabled return elevations to the left and right feature a stone canopied door at their centre, flanked by narrow windows, with a bipartite window above. A projecting single-storey service wing extends to the south.

The south (rear) elevation showcases a central bay with two doors flanked by projecting single-storey service wings. To the right is a bay containing two doors and a service wing extending outwards; a mirror image is present to the left, though marred by the unfortunate addition of modern dormers and slates. Several rooflights are present, including two in the centre, two to the far right, one to the outer right, and two modern rooflights set lower in the centre. Diamond-pane leaded glazing is a feature of the casement windows.

The schoolhouse has a three-bay west (entrance) elevation, featuring a door with a timber gabled porch centred between tripartite windows. The north and south (side) elevations are gabled, with a tripartite window featuring cusped lights set under a steep relieving arch; the lower half has sash and case windows and the upper half is blind and divided by a stone transom. The east (rear) elevation incorporates a gabled projection at the rear with a tall stack near the apex and a modern flat-roofed harled extension. Plate glass sash and case windows are found throughout the schoolhouse, alongside a leaded fleche at the centre of the roof and three modern rooflights on the east elevation.

A schoolhouse and six cottages at Kingscavil were first documented in the 1873 valuation roll, with RHJ Stewart of Champfleurie House recorded as the owner. Each cottage was rented at £4 per annum, and the school was run by the School Board of the Parish of Linlithgow. The front roof was re-slated around 1990 using the best pattern slates salvaged from the rear. An application for refurbishment of two vacant cottages was submitted in late 1991.