Steps House: Difference between revisions

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Building summary

Name	Steps House
Address	West Port (formerly High Street West)
Postcode	KY15 7BW
Other names	Thatched Cottage
	Peggie's House
	52 High Street West
Date	1751
OS Grid Reference	NO 25144 07364
Latitude & longitude	56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W
what3words
HES listing details^[1]
Category	B
Reference / Date	LB31264 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name	House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
Description: Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
Statement of special interest: Restoration work about to be put in hand.
Little Houses Scheme details^[2]
Restorer:	Restoring Purchaser (1971 onwards)
Architect:	NTS (in-house staff)
Name and address Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)
Description Category B; 18thC. 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair
1963 listing details^[3]
Number:	53
Address/Site Name	House, High Street, west of 52
Description: 2-storey: rubble and tile: built on natural rock foundation: forestairs;· lintel IE.MG.1751

Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland.

It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.

Previous uses

Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.^[4]

Special features

Falkland stones.^[4]

Former residents

Walter Peggie^[5]

Further references

"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now Bowriefaulds) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."^[5]

"Walter Peggie (Jean’s grandfather) [a slater and plasterer] set up his workshop underneath the house on West Port now called Steps House, (the washhouse was there too, next to the workshop)."^[6]

Notes

↑ HES record for LB31264
↑ Watters and Glendenning, page 180).
↑ List of buildings, 1963.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Information from occupier.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Information from former neighbour.
↑ My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.

Further images

The lintel
Little Houses Scheme badge

[1] HES record for LB31264

[LHIS-2] Watters and Glendenning, page 180).

[3] List of buildings, 1963.

[occ-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Information from occupier.

[nbr-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Information from former neighbour.

[6] My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.

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 | '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7BW
+|-
+|rowspan="3" |'''Other names || Thatched Cottage
+|-
+|Peggie's House
+|-
+|52 High Street West
 |-
 | '''Date'''|| 1751
 |-
-| '''OS Grid Reference'''|| NO251073
+| '''OS Grid Reference'''|| NO 25144 07364
 |-
 | '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W
+|-
+| '''what3words''' ||
+|-
+! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31264 HES record for LB31264]</ref>
 |-
-| '''Listing'''|| Category B
+| '''Category''' || B
 |-
-| '''Listing reference'''|| LB31264
+| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31264 / 01/12/1971
 |-
-| '''Listing name'''|| House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
+|-
+| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
+Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
+|-
+| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:'''
+Restoration work about to be put in hand.
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Little Houses Scheme details<ref name=LHIS>[[Watters and Glendenning]], page 180).</ref>
+|-
+| '''Restorer:''' || Restoring Purchaser (1971 onwards)
+|-
+| '''Architect:''' || NTS (in-house staff)
+|-
+| colspan=2 | '''Name and address'''
+Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)
+|-
+| colspan=3 | '''Description'''
+Category B; 18thC. 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair
+|-
+! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
+|-
+| '''Number:''' || 53
+|-
+| '''Address/Site Name''' || House, High Street, west of 52
+|-
+| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
+-storey: rubble and tile: built on natural rock foundation: forestairs;· lintel IE.MG.1751
 |}
 __NOTOC__
 '''Steps House''' is a private house in [[West Port]], Falkland.
-==Listing description==
-Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
+It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].
 ==Previous uses==
 Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
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 <!--
 ==Extensions==
+-->
 ==Former residents==
+Walter Peggie<ref name="nbr">Information from former neighbour.</ref>
+==Further references==
+"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now [[Bowriefaulds]]) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."<ref name=nbr />
+----
+"Walter Peggie (Jean’s grandfather) [a slater and plasterer] set up his workshop underneath the house on West Port now called Steps House, (the washhouse was there too, next to the workshop)."<ref>[https://voicesoffalkland.com/jean-small My Family by Jean Small] on ''Voices of Falkland''.</ref>
-==Further references==
--->
 ==Notes==
 <references />
-==Gallery==
+==Further images==
-[Click on a picture to see the image full-size]
+<gallery mode=packed style="text-align:left">
-<gallery mode=packed>
+File:Steps House 3.JPG|The lintel
-File:Steps House 1.JPG|The house
+File:Steps House 2.JPG|[[Little Houses Scheme]] badge
-File:Steps House2.JPG|[[Little Houses Scheme]] basge
 </gallery>
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 [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
 [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
+[[Category:Little Houses Improvement Scheme]]