Wemyss Castle, West Entrance, Gatepiers And Lodge
Boundary Wall(S) (19th Century), Gate Lodge (20th Century), Gate Pier (19th Century)
Site Name Wemyss Castle, West Entrance, Gatepiers And Lodge
Classification Boundary Wall(S) (19th Century), Gate Lodge (20th Century), Gate Pier (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dysart Lodge
Canmore ID 54006
Site Number NT39SW 9
NGR NT 30923 94450
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54006
- Council Fife
- Parish Wemyss
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
Single storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan crowstepped entrance lodge. Harl with stone cills. Harled stacks. All openings blocked; steeply pitched roof now derelict. SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door to centre at ground floor with window in bay to right and 2 windows to left; 3 regularly disposed windows above breaking eaves into crowstepped dormerheads. GATEPIERS AND GATES: flat-coped and cavetto corniced, square-section, banded ashlar gatepiers flanking carriage entrance and outer pedestrian entrances; cross-banded timber gates. BOUNDARY WALLS: ashlar-coped rubble boundary walls. (Historic Scotland)
