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| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU  | | '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU  | ||
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| '''Other names''' || Old Post Office  | | rowspan="2" | '''Other names''' || Old Post Office  | ||
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| Gift Shop  | |||
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| '''Date''' ||    | | '''Date''' || Early 19th century  | ||
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| '''  | | '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (8); [[Map D]] (24)  | ||
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| '''OS grid ref''' ||    | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25285 07427   | ||
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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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| '''  | | '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com/coasting.bowls.sprouted ///coasting.bowls.sprouted]  | ||
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| '''  | ! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258</ref>  | ||
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| '''Category''' || B  | |||
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| '''Reference / Date''' ||  LB31258 / 01/12/1971   | |||
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || High Street, Old Post Office (Miss Middleton) including garden walls   | |||
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Early 19th century Georgian Gothick 2-storey and basement 3-window (centre bipartile) ashlar, hoodmoulded windows and doorpieces of Langley pattern, Crenellated parapet, slated.    | |||
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| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:'''  | |||
Built for Provest [sic] Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.   | |||
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! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>  | |||
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| '''  | | '''Number:''' || 6  | ||
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| '''  | | '''Address/Site Name''' || Falkland Post Office, High Street   | ||
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|'''  | | colspan=2 | '''Description:'''  | ||
C.1830: Elizabethan-Gothic frontage: ashlar and slate   | |||
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'''Maspie House''' is a shop in [[Falkland High Street]], between [[Saddlers]] and [[St Andrew's House]].  | |||
==Previous uses==  | ==Previous uses==  | ||
Post office, Gift shop.  | |||
==Further references==  | ==Further references==  | ||
<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page   | "Then, the Old Post Office, a charming early C19 toy fort, the colonetted doorpieces taken from Batty Langley."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 87.</ref>  | ||
<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page   | ----  | ||
"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</ref>  | |||
==Notes==  | ==Notes==  | ||
<references />  | <references />  | ||
[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]  | [[Category:Category B listed buildings]]  | ||
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]  | [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]  | ||
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]  | [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]  | ||
Latest revision as of 16:36, 8 February 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 | 
| what3words | ///coasting.bowls.sprouted | 
| 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
- ↑ [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258
 - ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
 - ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 87.
 - ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.