Wemyss Castle West Lodge, West Wemyss

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)

June 1991: External inspection reveals all openings to be bricked up, except for one to the rear annex which has allowed vandals to enter. The lodge is empty and overgrown, though the exterior looks sound. October 1995: External inspection reveals that large holes have appeared in the roof. July 1999: Local planners report that Wemyss Estates have indicated that they would like to demolish, though planners have advised against this. January 2002: Local planners are unaware of any change. May 2002: The owners report that it is Estate policy not to market its buildings to outside parties but to renovate with a view to letting. March 2004: The owners report that restoration is problematic due to access problems. Fife Council Roads Department has vetoed plans to re-establish access to the main road. October 2007: External inspection reveals the property to have deteriorated and is now in very poor condition

November 2010: External inspection finds no significant change from the last site visit. The property continues to deteriorate.

31 July 2014: External inspection finds the building roofless and heavily encroached by vegetation.

24 April 2019: External inspection reveals no significant change from previous visit other than encroaching vegetation.