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'''Maspie House''' is a shop in [[Falkland High Street]], between [[Saddlers]] and [[St Andrew's House]].
'''Maspie House''' is a shop in [[Falkland High Street]], between [[Saddlers]] and [[St Andrew's House]].
==Listings==
 
{| class=wikitable
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258]</ref>
|-
| '''Reference:''' LB31258
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
| '''Category:''' B
|-
| colspan=3 | '''Address/Site Name'''
High Street, Old Post Office (Miss Middleton) including garden walls
|-
| colspan=3 | '''Description'''
Early 19th century Georgian Gothick 2-storey and basement 3-window (centre bipartile) ashlar, hoodmoulded windows and doorpieces of Langley pattern, Crenellated parapet, slated.
|-
| colspan=3 | '''Statement of special interest'''
Built for Provest [''sic''] Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.
|}
{| class=wikitable
! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
|-
| '''Number:''' 6
|-
| '''Address/Site Name'''
Falkland Post Office, High Street
|-
| '''Description'''
C.1830: Elizabethan-Gothic frontage: ashlar and slate
|}
==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Post office, Gift shop.
Post office, Gift shop.

Revision as of 06:16, 25 January 2024

Building summary
Name Maspie House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names Old Post Office
Gift Shop
Date Early 19th century
See map Map T (8); Map D (24)
OS grid ref NO 25285 07427
Latitude & longitude 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
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HES listing details[1]
Category B
Reference / Date LB31258 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name High Street, Old Post Office (Miss Middleton) including garden walls
Description:

Early 19th century Georgian Gothick 2-storey and basement 3-window (centre bipartile) ashlar, hoodmoulded windows and doorpieces of Langley pattern, Crenellated parapet, slated.

Statement of special interest:

Built for Provest [sic] Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 6
Address/Site Name Falkland Post Office, High Street
Description:

C.1830: Elizabethan-Gothic frontage: ashlar and slate

Maspie House is a shop in Falkland High Street, between Saddlers and St Andrew's House.

Previous uses

Post office, Gift shop.

Further references

"Then, the Old Post Office, a charming early C19 toy fort, the colonetted doorpieces taken from Batty Langley."[3]

"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258
  2. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  3. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 87.
  4. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
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