Inverkeithing Conservation Area
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Inverkeithing Conservation Area is a conservation area in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The conservation area focuses on the historic core of the town and the remaining medieval rigg pattern, and has been designated since 1985.[1]
Inverkeithing was one of Fife's first royal burghs, in existence as such by 1161. Building layout of the conservation area was planned deliberately during the medieval era, and follows a rigg pattern of development, with buildings fronting on High Street and narrow plots of land behind.[2]
The conservation area extends from Inverkeithing war memorial and Heriot Street in the North to the Friary Gardens in the south.[3][4]
Within Inverkeithing Conservation area, there are 28 Historic Scotland listed buildings. These include 5 of category A, 5 of category B and 18 of category C.[5] The oldest surviving house in the conservation area is Rosebery House, likely dating from the 16th century; the oldest surviving structure is the tower of Inverkeithing Parish Church, dating from the 14th century.
Some other notable buildings within the conservation area include:
Within the conservation area, roofs are typically pitched, with grey slates. Gables are usually finished as raised skews. External walling materials include the indigenous dolerite/ whinstone or sandstone buildings.[6]
