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Kirkcaldy, Park Place, Whyte House
Hotel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Office (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kirkcaldy, Park Place, Whyte House
Classification Hotel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Office (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Carlton Bakery; Whytescauseway
Canmore ID 52934
Site Number NT29SE 40
NGR NT 27889 91292
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52934
- Council Fife
- Parish Kirkcaldy And Dysart
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
Description:
Circa 1790. 2-storey with attic and basement, 5-bay, classical house (converted to offices) with piend and platform roof. Pedimented doorcase with coupled columns and giant order of Roman Doric pilasters. Ashlar with rusticated basement to S, squared rubble and cement render to sides and rear; raised margins and quoin strips. Eaves course and cornice. Stop chamfered arrises to basement opening, voussoirs.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: steps up to doorcase with part-glazed timber door and 4-pane fanlight at centre, windows to flanking bays and regular fenestration to 1st floor; giant pilasters dividing bays. Steps to left of centre lead to basement with window at centre below oversailing steps and windows in flanking bays.
W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Centre bay with advanced porch with cornice and blocking course and windows on returns; small adjacent window to right and further window to outer right; part-glazed door with 4-pane fanlight to left and window beyond to outer left over modern flat-roofed extension. Regular fenestration to 1st floor.
N ELEVATION: 3-storey. Asymmetrical fenestration with 2-storey canted tripartite window to right of centre.
E ELEVATION: 3-storey. Asymmetrical fenestration with advanced stair tower to left of centre.
Mainly 6- and 12-pane glazing patterns, and plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Cavetto coped ashlar stacks with some cans.
INTERIOR: not seen (1996).
Notes:
Built for Provost Robert Whyte, Whyte House has lost its grounds which extended to what is now Whytecauseway, Whytehouse Avenue and Whytehouse Mansions. The building has been used as a temperance hotel and now (1996) provides office premises, though largely unused, for Carlton Bakery.
References:
Kirkcaldy Civic Society TOWN CENTRE (1994), p33.
De-listed March 2009
Information from Historic Scotland
