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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Royal tennis court and stables
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| '''Date''' || 1528-31
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25393 7653
| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25393 07653
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
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| '''Listing ref''' || LB8800
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8800 HES record for LB8800].</ref>
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'''The royal tennis court and stables''' are a building in the grounds of [[Falkland Palace]].
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!HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8800 HES].</ref>
| '''Reference / Date''' || LB8800 / 01/02/1972
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
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Falkland Palace Royal Stables and Tennis Court or Caichpule
Falkland Palace Royal Stables and Tennis Court or Caichpule
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| '''Description'''
| colspan=2 | '''Description'''
1528-31, long rectangular former stable range; rubble with ashlar dressings, narrow windows, crowsteps and slated roof. 1539-41, real tennis court addition to E side of stable: rectangular court surrounded by high walls; internal timber penthouses (spectator galleries) with lean-to roofs to S and E sides.
1528-31, long rectangular former stable range; rubble with ashlar dressings, narrow windows, crowsteps and slated roof. 1539-41, real tennis court addition to E side of stable: rectangular court surrounded by high walls; internal timber penthouses (spectator galleries) with lean-to roofs to S and E sides.
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|'''Statement of special interest'''
| colspan=2 | '''Statement of special interest'''
The Royal Tennis Court at Falkland Palace is understood to be the earliest surviving real tennis court in the world and is a building of exceptional national significance. [...]
The Royal Tennis Court at Falkland Palace is understood to be the earliest surviving real tennis court in the world and is a building of exceptional national significance. [...]
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'''The royal tennis court and stables''' are a building in the grounds of [[Falkland Palace]].
"Caichpule" (also spelt cachpell, etc.) is an old Scottish name for tennis or a tennis court.
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 25 January 2024

Building summary
Name Royal tennis court and stables
Address ?
Postcode ?
Other names Caichpule
Date 1528-31
OS grid ref NO 25393 07653
Latitude & longitude 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
what3words ///estimates.frames.hatch
HES listing details[1]
Category A
Reference / Date LB8800 / 01/02/1972
Address/Site Name

Falkland Palace Royal Stables and Tennis Court or Caichpule

Description

1528-31, long rectangular former stable range; rubble with ashlar dressings, narrow windows, crowsteps and slated roof. 1539-41, real tennis court addition to E side of stable: rectangular court surrounded by high walls; internal timber penthouses (spectator galleries) with lean-to roofs to S and E sides.

Statement of special interest

The Royal Tennis Court at Falkland Palace is understood to be the earliest surviving real tennis court in the world and is a building of exceptional national significance. [...]

The royal tennis court and stables are a building in the grounds of Falkland Palace.

"Caichpule" (also spelt cachpell, etc.) is an old Scottish name for tennis or a tennis court.


Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB8800.
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