Fountain House: Difference between revisions

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Building summary

Name	Fountain House
Address	High Street, Falkland
Postcode	KY15 7BU
Date	1735
OS grid ref	NO 25225 07395
Latitude & longitude	56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
what3words	///landlady.units.grows
HES listing details^[1]
Category:	C
Reference / date	LB31260 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name	Fountain House, High Street
Description Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated.
Statement of special interest Cobbled area in front.
1963 listing details^[2]
Number:	17
Address/Site Name	Fountain House, High Street
Description 2-storey: ashlar and slate: corbelled corner and carved skew-putt: lintel 1735

Fountain House is a house in Falkland High Street, between the Old Town House and the Parish Church, now used as holiday accommodation.

It was restored under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.

Previous uses

Private house.

Further references

"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that it may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 ^[3]

"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.^[4]

Notes

Further images

Fountain House in 2020
Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore)

[1] HES record for LB31260

[2] List of buildings, 1963.

[3] Gifford, Fife, page 220.

[4] Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.

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 | '''Date''' || 1735
 |-
-| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25225 7395
+| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25225 07395
 |-
 | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
 |-
-| '''Listing''' || Category B
+| '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///landlady.units.grows ///landlady.units.grows]
 |-
-| '''Listing ref''' || LB31260
+! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31260 HES record for LB31260]</ref>
-|}
+|-
-__NOTOC__
+| '''Category:''' || C
-'''Fountain House''' is a house in [[Falkland High Street]], between the [[Old Town House]] and the [[Parish Church]], now used as holiday accommodation.
-It was restored under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].
-{| class=wikitable
-! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31260 HES record for LB31260]</ref>
 |-
-| '''Reference:'''
+| '''Reference / date''' || LB31260 / 01/12/1971
-| '''Date:'''
-| '''Category:'''
 |-
-| colspan=3 | '''Address/Site Name'''
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || Fountain House, High Street
-Fountain House, High Street
 |-
-| colspan=3 | '''Description'''
+| colspan=2 |  '''Description'''
 Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated.
 |-
-|'''Statement of special interest'''
+| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest'''
 Cobbled area in front.
+|-
+! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
+|-
+| '''Number:''' || 17
+|-
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || Fountain House, High Street
+|-
+| colspan=2 | '''Description'''
+-storey: ashlar and slate: corbelled corner and carved skew-putt: lintel 1735
 |}
+__NOTOC__
+'''Fountain House''' is a house in [[Falkland High Street]], between the [[Old Town House]] and the [[Parish Church]], now used as holiday accommodation.
+It was restored under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].
 ==Previous uses==
 Private house.
-==Former residents==
 ==Further references==
 "In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that it may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 <ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220.</ref>
+----
 "Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</ref>