Building to rear, 92, High Street, Leslie

2-storey with attic, 3-bay house, semi-derelict, presumably originally with workshop/livestock below. Random whinstone rubble with roughly dressed quoins, stone window and door margins. Red pantiles and crowstepped gables, remains of gablehead stack. Centre door of main elevation at forestair height (steps missing), door to left and window to right at ground floor. Remains of timber sash and case windows at 1st floor.

A fine example of Scottish vernacular building, very close in style to an example illustrated in Macgibbon and Ross, CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, VOL V, of a cottage in Prestonpans. (Historic Scotland)

March 1991: External inspection reveals the cottage to stand vacant and in poor condition. January 2002: Local planners report no change. March 2004: A potential purchaser reports that though the owners have considered selling in the past, they now intend to restore it themselves at a future date. Sept 2007: External inspection reveals the building has lost the majority of the roof. Wall heads are exposed and structural deterioration may be rapidly occuring.

November 2010: External inspection finds the building is now ruinous with accelerating deterioration.

18 June 2014: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously.

17 August 2018: External inspection finds the building in much the same condition as seen previously. Deterioration continues.

2 August 2021: The site's listed status has been re-assessed by HES Designations and found to no longer meet the criteria for a B-listed building. BAR record updated to reflect the property is now an unlisted conservation area building.

13 October 2021: Conservation area consent (21/03164/CAC) being sought for demolition.

13 July 2023: Conservation Area Consent (21/03164/CAC) granted for demolition of Building to Rear. (18th January 2022)