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174-176 High Street, Kirkcaldy

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkcaldy, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.111 / 56°6'39"N

Longitude: -3.158 / 3°9'28"W

OS Eastings: 328084

OS Northings: 691523

OS Grid: NT280915

Mapcode National: GBR 29.LY7M

Mapcode Global: WH6RV.GNFK

Plus Code: 9C8R4R6R+CR

Entry Name: 174-176 High Street, Kirkcaldy

Listing Name: 176 High Street and Tolbooth Street

Listing Date: 27 February 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390751

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44057

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390751

Location: Kirkcaldy

County: Fife

Town: Kirkcaldy

Electoral Ward: Kirkcaldy Central

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Mid to later 19th century, altered at ground. 3-storey, 2-bay, piend-roofed tenement with shop at ground, closing terrace on corner site. Ashlar, painted at ground. Eaves cornice. Pedimented and corniced windows, raised lugged margins, and stop chamfered arrises.

N (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: unsympathetic modern shop with deep fascia to ground; 1st floor with 2 pedimented bipartite windows and 2 windows to 2nd floor.

W (TOLBOOTH STREET) ELEVATION: largely blank to ground with door to outer right and small display window to left; 1st floor with bipartite window to left of centre, window in bay to right and adjacent narrower window to outer right, all corniced; 2nd floor with window to left of centre and windows to right as 1st floor.

Mainly 6-pane glazing pattern at 2nd floor with 2-pane glazing over plate glass lower sashes to 1st floor N, all in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Cavetto coped and shouldered wallhead ashlar stack with some cans to W.

Statement of Interest

Listed for group value closing terrace in High Street position.

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