On the road leading west out of St Andrews (the B939) there lies this house.

It is flat roofed and shows signs of having had nice deco windows once but they have now been double glazed and look weird.

Further west, at the next junction, the road forks. The B939 goes on to the lovely wee village of Ceres but the other fork – called Strathkiness High Road – has 6 (count them, 6) flat roofed 1930s semi-detached bungalows.

The photos are presented in order west to east. Click on any to enlarge them.

They’re kind of sitting out on a limb as they are a few hundred metres from the rest of the town.

I suppose these could be described as modernist rather than Art Deco since they are quite stark but they do have all those horizontals and verticals which are like a signature. The glazing is of course not original.

More from Largo Road, Leven.

This one’s most likely reroofed. It retains the balcony.

Flat roofed semis! Painted in pastel(ish) shades! (But the windows are replacements.)

This one also has nice entrance gateway.

And finally a detached house that is more modernist than deco; but very striking and very of its time.

Largo Road is just on the eastern edge of Leven; on the A915, leading out towards Lundin Links (and later, Lower – and Upper – Largo, then St Andrews.)

In a similar way to Kirkcaldy’s Lady Nairn Avenue it has a fine row of 1930s houses, mostly semi-detacheds but in this case with some villas. Some of them have been reroofed but a few flat roofs remain. All these have replacement windows.

The pillars on the balconies here show the deco origins though the windows are now a fright.

This one still has trianguloid windows but they have been replaced (as have all the others) to the detriment of the overall appearance, I would say. The porch extension on the right hand semi is a bit odd looking too.

Here’s a detached villa with a deco-ish arch – still with eyes poked out, though.

Another detached villa, trianguloid windows above the door but the fenestration just isn’t right with plastic framed double glazing, and the roof overhang is odd. The garage can’t be original either, surely.

This has a very 30s chimney and a suspiciously new looking roof.

Plus a nice rounded corner. Untypically for Scotland, it’s finished in brick.

Since I posted about Kinghorn this week it seemed like a good idea to punt this building up the Fife’s Art Deco Heritage list a bit because the former cinema at Kinghorn has Art Deco features.

The towery bits are hexagonal and have deco steps at the top. The fenestration is modern and “eyes poked out” to my mind.

It’s a pity about the lamp-post in this second photo but it does show off the balcony better.

The cinema is of course no longer showing films. It’s a pub/function place known as “The Carousel” now.

As part of the effort to keep weight down the good lady and I try to go for hour or so long walks as often as possible.

One nice day last week we strolled along to the village of Kinghorn (3-4 miles away.)

This is the harbour there. Not quite as quaint as Crail up along the coast but nice enough.

All the way we were keeping pace with a yacht just off shore. Here it is (with another in the background. You can also just make out the twin stacks of Cockenzie and Port Seton power station on the Forth’s other shore.)

The island in the background makes this a good shot I thought.

When in the old town last week I took a few pictures of deco influenced buildings. This one, in South Street, was once John Menzies and is now a Smith’s.

This close-up shows more detail of the Saltire below the roof line and the coat of arms.

Rollo, Davidson, McFarlane’s lawyers is in Bell Street.

The street known as The Links runs right by the Old Course’s 18th fairway and green. You may have spotted this house in the TV coverage of the Open. It’s a strange mixture of deco and Scottish vernacular.

This is from The Links itself. The roof steps are very deco.

Not quite the sort of thing you expect to see in a Fife fishing village but I suspect this is from the heyday of the railways when such buildings sprang up all over the place. It is away from the harbour a bit, on the road leading east, so it doesn’t affect the quaintness.

It’s not high Deco but is clearly of that stamp. The windows are modernish replacements and detract from the look somewhat. They make the building look as if its eyes are poked out. Typical pastel and white colouring, though.

This is the view from the east.

And the west.

That flat roof must be a nightmare in the Fife climate.

Here’s a link to the hotel’s website. The blue looks a bit bluer in their photo….

Art Deco former house between Kirkcaldy and Thornton.

The circular turret looks like an integral part of the accommodation.

Compare Bennochy Avenue (where the circular part is a staircase.)

Side aspect showing balcony. Note stepped arrangement.

Side towards rear. Balcony continues after stepping back down.

The building is now home to a caravan company.

It was given its unusual name because the original owner in the 1930s was a (backwards looking) scrap metal merchant.

This is in Bank Street, Lochgelly, just over the road and up a bit from the Lochgelly Centre which is being upgraded at the moment. The cinema was opened in the 1930s and was used for bingo for a while. It now houses a building contractor’s. Pity about the derelict unprepossessing shop fronts which make up the rest of the picture.

The towery bits (chimneys?) are very deco and unusually are at right angles to each other.

The entranceway is also strikingly deco as is the fenestration throughout.

The shade of blue is possibly a bit too dark, though.

Some of the internal fittings are still there apparently (see link above.)

In the late 1970s whle it was still a cinema it looked like this and this.

Since most of the building is set back from the road it’s actually quite easy to miss noticing it when driving through the town. (Despite the shade of blue.)