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Revision as of 05:51, 3 April 2021

Building summary
Name Key House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names Palace Inn; Tabor Retreat Centre
Date 1713
OS grid ref NO 25304 7446
Latitude & longitude 56°15′13″N 3°12′26″W

Key House is a house in Falkland High Street, now used for holiday lets. It was previously the Tabor Retreat Centre.

HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB31256 Date: 01/12/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

Key House (formerly Palace Inn) and Key Cottage, High Street

Description

Dated TMMX 1713 at door lintel 2-storey 3-window harled and whitewashed with margins, crow-stepped and slated. Rear part.

Statement of special interest

Cobbled area in front.

Previous uses

Inn; retreat centre

Further references

"On High Street's N side, immediately W of the Palace, the harled and crowstepped Key House, set well back. Steep-pitched roof confirming the door lintel's date of 1713."[2]


"The house, which is run by the Tabor Trust, a registered charity, is managed by Lynda Wright, a Church of Scotland Deaconess and member of the Iona Community, both of whom are trained in spiritual direction. A chapel in the converted stable is available for individual or group use, and there is a meditation each evening for residents.[3]

Notes

  1. HES record for LB31256. The Description seems incomplete.
  2. Gifford, Fife, page 219.
  3. The Falkland Directory."