Formerly home to a Fife Council Local Office, the site has lain empty for many years, with the existing buildings now in a state of disrepair.

As earlier proposals for 42 flats were progressing through planning, a destructive fire caused extensive further damage to the derelict existing buildings in the Summer 2023, gutting the interiors and causing the collapse of roofs and floors.

Acting again on behalf of Byzantian Developments, Fraser/Livingstone Architects has now progressed revised proposals for 37 new homes for the steeply sloping, south-facing site that lies in the heart of the town’s historic Conservation Area.

The practice noted: “The walls of the original C-listed villa are retained as a built heritage remnant, repurposed to form a new entry court within a sequence of landscaped and parking terraces. Animating the city skyline, a cluster of three interconnected bronze-clad pavilions are held on a tiered masonry plinth, with apartments arranged to exploit panoramic views south to the Forth Bridges, bringing folk back to live in the heart of the Auld Grey Toun.”