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| '''Date''' || 1610 | | '''Date''' || 1610 | ||
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| '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (2) | | '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (2) | ||
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25340 07414 | | '''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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| ''' | | '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///fuse.scarred.spot ///fuse.scarred.spot] | ||
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| ''' | ! colspan=2| HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES record for LB31274].</ref> | ||
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| '''Category''' || A | |||
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| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31274 / 01/12/1971 | |||
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| | | '''Address/Site Name''' || Moncrief House | ||
Moncrief House | |||
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| colspan= | | 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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| colspan= | | 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 ssouth side of [[Falkland High Street]], between The [[Bruce Inn]] and [[Ladieburn Cottage]]. | |||
==Former residents== | ==Former residents== |
Latest revision as of 09:57, 8 March 2024
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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 ssouth 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
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The panel
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Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
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The lintel
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View from Falkland Palace battlements