Moncrief House: Difference between revisions

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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 south 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

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

Further images

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

[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.

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 | '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland
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+| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BZ
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-| '''Other names''' ||
+| '''Date''' || 1610
 |-
-| '''Date''' ||
+|  '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (2)
+|-
+| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25340 07414
+|-
+| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W
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+| '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///fuse.scarred.spot ///fuse.scarred.spot]
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-| '''Architect''' ||
+! colspan=2| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES record for LB31274].</ref>
 |-
-| '''OS grid ref''' ||
+| '''Category''' || A
 |-
-| '''Latitude & longitude''' ||
+| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31274 / 01/12/1971
 |-
-| '''Listing''' || Category A
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncrief House
 |-
-| '''Listing ref''' || LB31274
+| 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.
-| '''Listing name'''||
+|-
+| 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.
+|-
+! colspan=2 |1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
+|-
+| '''Number:''' || 8
+|-
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncreife House, High Street
+|-
+| colspan=2 |'''Description'''
+-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239)
 |}
 __NOTOC__
-'''[[PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION]]'''
+'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House'''), is a house on the south 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>
 ==Former residents==
-Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.
+Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.<ref>(this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).</ref>
 ==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==
 <references />
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+==Further images==
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+File:Moncrief inscription.JPG|The panel
+File:Bruce x.jpg|Moncrief House (and the [[Bruce Inn]]) showing small front garden
+File:Falkland 69 2018.JPG|The lintel
+File:Moncrief House 1 2019.JPG|View from [[Falkland Palace]] battlements
+</gallery>
-</gallery>
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 [[Category:Category A listed buildings]]
 [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
 [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
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