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Coaltown Of Wemyss, Main Street, Earl David Hotel
Hotel (20th Century), Tenement (20th Century)
Site Name Coaltown Of Wemyss, Main Street, Earl David Hotel
Classification Hotel (20th Century), Tenement (20th Century)
Canmore ID 92294
Site Number NT39NW 93
NGR NT 32713 96016
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/92294
- Council Fife
- Parish Wemyss
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
2-storey, flat-iron plan public house and small tenement. Harled with painted margins. Mutuled dividing cornice and eaves course. Ogee- and round-headed doorways, corniced bow windows to SE and shaped pedimented dormerheads.
Conceived as a charitable project by Lady Eva Wemyss, the 'Coaltown of Wemyss Public House Society' operated as a 'Gothenburg' (traditional drinking places which originated in the Temperance Society of Gothenburg, Sweden) with much of the profits being used for the benefit of the local community. However, success seems to have been limited and the building was soon sold to Group Capt Tulloch, RAF who renamed it the 'Earl David' and organised a parachute display for the opening day. Originally boasting a full circle gantry bar, the interior saw many changes from 1930-60, including the insertion of a staircase circa 1950. (Historic Scotland)
