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| '''Date''' || 1610
| '''Date''' || 1610
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25340 7414
|  '''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
| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W
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| '''Listing''' || Category A
| '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///fuse.scarred.spot ///fuse.scarred.spot]
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| '''Listing ref''' || LB31274
! colspan=2| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES record for LB31274].</ref>
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__NOTOC__
| '''Category''' || A
'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House'''), is a house in Falkland High Street.
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!HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES].</ref>
| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31274 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncrief House  
Moncrief House  
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| '''Description'''
| 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.
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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|'''Statement of special interest'''
| 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.
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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| '''Number:''' || 8
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncreife House, High Street
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| colspan=2 |'''Description'''
3-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239)
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'''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==
==Former residents==
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==Further images==
==Gallery==
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File:Moncrief House, Falkland|The house (from Wikimedia Commons)
File:Moncrief inscription.JPG|The panel
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
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 26 May 2025

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

  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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