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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Fountain House
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| '''Date''' || 1735
| '''Date''' || 1735
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25225 7395
| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25225 07395
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
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| '''Listing''' || Category B
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| '''Listing ref''' || LB31260
! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31260 HES record for LB31260]</ref>
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| '''Listing name'''|| Fountain House, High Street
| '''Category:''' || C
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| '''Reference / date''' || LB31260 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Fountain House, High Street
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| colspan=2 |  '''Description'''
Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated.
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| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest'''
Cobbled area in front.
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! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Number:''' || 17
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Fountain House, High Street  
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| colspan=2 | '''Description'''
2-storey: ashlar and slate: corbelled corner and carved skew-putt: lintel 1735
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It was restored under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].
It was restored under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].
==Listing description==
Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated.<br>
Cobbled area in front.


==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Private house.
Private house.
==Former residents==


==Further references==
==Further references==
"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that i 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>
"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>
 
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"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</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>


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==Gallery==
==Further images==
[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]
<gallery mode=packed>
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Fountain House.JPG|Fountin House in 2020
File:Fountain House.JPG|Fountain House in 2020
File:Canmore image SC01549369.jpg|Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore image SC01549369.jpg)
File:Canmore image SC01549369.jpg|Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore)
</gallery>
</gallery>



Latest revision as of 18:11, 26 January 2024

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
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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