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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Moncrief House
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| '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland
| '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland
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| '''Postcode''' ||  
| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BZ
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| '''Other names''' ||  
| '''Date''' || 1610
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| '''Date''' ||  
| '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (2)
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25340 07414
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W
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! colspan=2| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES record for LB31274].</ref>
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| '''Category''' || A
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| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31274 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncrief House
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| colspan=2 |  '''Description'''
Dated NM AO 1610 at lintel. 2-storey and dormerless attic 4-window ashlar, thatched; moulded openings, inscribed panel, small blind attic window under eaves.
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| colspan=2 | '''Statement of special interest'''
Inscription: AL PRAISE TO GOD AND/THANKIS TO THE MOST/EXCELLENT MONARCHE/GREAT BRITAINE OF WH/OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA/LITIE THIS IS MY POR/TIOVNE: DEO LAVS/ ESTO FIDYS/ADEST MERCES/NICOLL MONCRIEF.
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! colspan=2 |1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' ||  
| '''Number:''' || 8
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| '''Listing''' || Category #
| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncreife House, High Street
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| '''Listing ref''' || LB31274
| colspan=2 |'''Description'''
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3-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239)
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'''[[PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION]]'''
'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House'''), is a house on the ssouth side of [[Falkland High Street]], between The [[Bruce Inn]] and [[Ladieburn Cottage]].
 
'''Moncrief House''' is a house in Falkland High Street.
==Listing description==
Dated NM AO 1610 at lintel. 2-storey and dormerless attic 4-window ashlar, thatched; moulded openings, inscribed panel, small blind attic window under eaves.<br>
Statement of Special Interest: Inscription: AL PRAISE TO GOD AND/THANKIS TO THE MOST/EXCELLENT MONARCHE/GREAT BRITAINE OF WH/OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA/LITIE THIS IS MY POR/TIOVNE: DEO LAVS/ ESTO FIDYS/ADEST MERCES/NICOLL MONCRIEF.<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES.</ref>


==Previous uses==
==Special features==
<ref name="occ">Information from occupier</ref>
==Extensions==
<ref name="occ" />
==Former residents==
==Former residents==
Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.<ref>(this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).</ref>


==Further references==
==Further references==
<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page ##.</ref>
"Moncrief House, dated 1610 on the door lintel, built for James VI's servant Nicol Moncrief. ..."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 219.</ref>
<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page ##.</ref>
 
"Moncreif House, High Street, 1610, is the only remaining thatched house in Falkland. ..."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 8 March 2024

Building summary
Name Moncrief House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BZ
Date 1610
See map Map T (2)
OS grid ref NO 25340 07414
Latitude & longitude 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W
what3words ///fuse.scarred.spot
HES listing details[1]
Category A
Reference / Date LB31274 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name Moncrief House
Description

Dated NM AO 1610 at lintel. 2-storey and dormerless attic 4-window ashlar, thatched; moulded openings, inscribed panel, small blind attic window under eaves.

Statement of special interest

Inscription: AL PRAISE TO GOD AND/THANKIS TO THE MOST/EXCELLENT MONARCHE/GREAT BRITAINE OF WH/OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA/LITIE THIS IS MY POR/TIOVNE: DEO LAVS/ ESTO FIDYS/ADEST MERCES/NICOLL MONCRIEF.

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 8
Address/Site Name Moncreife House, High Street
Description

3-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239)

Moncrief House (or Moncreif House or Moncrieff House), is a house on the ssouth side of Falkland High Street, between The Bruce Inn and Ladieburn Cottage.

Former residents

Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.[3]

Further references

"Moncrief House, dated 1610 on the door lintel, built for James VI's servant Nicol Moncrief. ..."[4]

"Moncreif House, High Street, 1610, is the only remaining thatched house in Falkland. ..."[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB31274.
  2. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  3. ↑ (this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).
  4. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 219.
  5. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.

Further images

  • The panel
    The panel
  • Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
    Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
  • The lintel
    The lintel
  • View from Falkland Palace battlements
    View from Falkland Palace battlements
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