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| '''Name''': St Andrew's House
| style="width:50%"| '''Name'''|| St Andrew's House
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| '''Address''': High Street, Falkland
| '''Address'''|| High Street, Falkland
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| '''Postcode''':
| '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7BU
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| '''Other names''':
| '''Other names'''|| St Andrew House
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| '''Date''':
| '''Date'''|| 18th century
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| '''National Grid Reference''':
| '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (6); [[Map D]] (25)
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| '''Latitude & longitude''':
| '''OS grid ref'''|| NO 25295 07431
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| '''Listing''': Not known
| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'12"N 3°12'26"W
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| '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///wanted.weeds.behind ///wanted.weeds.behind]
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! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31257 HES record for LB31257]</ref>
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| '''Category''' || B
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| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31257 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || St Andrew House High Street (Including Garden Walls)
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| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
18th century, 2 sections, low 2-storey stepped in slope, harled and pantiled. Crowstepped gable, one with pigeon loft entries 18th century 2-storey to front, 3 (higher wallhead) at back, whitewashed hall with painted margins, pantiled; moulded doorpiece, 3 windows with swift dormer heads at 1st floo
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| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:'''
Category A section of larger group. Cobbled Area in front.
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! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Number:''' || 5
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || St. Andrews House, High Street
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| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
18th Century: 2-storey front, 3 at back: harl and pantile: crowstepped: moulded doorpiece and semi-dormers
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'''St Andrew's House''' is a house in [[Falkland High Street]].


'''St Andrew's House''' is a house in [[Falkland High Street]].
Now private flats.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
==Description==
Private flats.
==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Shop.
Home for Roman Catholic orphan boys (up to age 14)<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 181.</ref> until 1908, then to be used to accommodate gardeners (presumably for Falkland Palace).<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], pages 243&ndash;244.</ref>
 
In 1904 the Burgh Council complained that some of the blocks of the "causeway" in front of the house had been lifted up and replaced with a flower bed, as George Quilter, crippled son of Mrs Getrude Quilter, matron of the home, loved to look at flowers.<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], pages 91&ndash;92.</ref>
 
Later shop.<ref name="occ" />
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 8 February 2024

Building summary
Name St Andrew's House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names St Andrew House
Date 18th century
See map Map T (6); Map D (25)
OS grid ref NO 25295 07431
Latitude & longitude 56°15'12"N 3°12'26"W
what3words ///wanted.weeds.behind
HES listing details[1]
Category B
Reference / Date LB31257 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name St Andrew House High Street (Including Garden Walls)
Description:

18th century, 2 sections, low 2-storey stepped in slope, harled and pantiled. Crowstepped gable, one with pigeon loft entries 18th century 2-storey to front, 3 (higher wallhead) at back, whitewashed hall with painted margins, pantiled; moulded doorpiece, 3 windows with swift dormer heads at 1st floo

Statement of special interest:

Category A section of larger group. Cobbled Area in front.

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 5
Address/Site Name St. Andrews House, High Street
Description:

18th Century: 2-storey front, 3 at back: harl and pantile: crowstepped: moulded doorpiece and semi-dormers

St Andrew's House is a house in Falkland High Street.

Now private flats.[3]

Previous uses

Home for Roman Catholic orphan boys (up to age 14)[4] until 1908, then to be used to accommodate gardeners (presumably for Falkland Palace).[5]

In 1904 the Burgh Council complained that some of the blocks of the "causeway" in front of the house had been lifted up and replaced with a flower bed, as George Quilter, crippled son of Mrs Getrude Quilter, matron of the home, loved to look at flowers.[6]

Later shop.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB31257
  2. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information from occupier.
  4. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 181.
  5. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, pages 243–244.
  6. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, pages 91–92.