House of Falkland: Difference between revisions

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Building details

Name	House of Falkland
Address	Falkland Estate
Postcode	KY15 7AE
Other names	Falkland House; St Ninian's RC School
Date	1839
OS grid ref	NO242074
Latitude & longitude	56°15'11"N 3°13'27"W
Listing	Category A
Listing reference	LB8763
Listing name	House of Falkland Estate, House of Falkland, Including Terraces and Fountains

The Hiose if Falkland is a major country house to the west of theBurgh of Falkland, now used as a school.

Listing description

William Burn, 1839-44. 2-storey, 6- x 7- bay, L-plan, balustraded and crowstep-gabled Jacobean manor house with attached single-storey and attic servants' courtyard to NW (currently school, 2011). Sandstone ashlar with buckle quoins. Base course, band course, cornice. Bi- and tri-partite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Some narrow slit windows. Moulded architraves; some windows with strapwork window heads and aprons. Square corner turrets with finialled ogee roofs. Tall chimneys with barley sugar decorative shafts. ...

There's much more in the full listing description^[1]

Previous uses

Special features

Extensions

Former residents

Further references

Gifford has a substantial artice about the house, including a plan of the main floor.^[2]

Notes

Gallery

[Click on a picture to see the image full-size]

View of the entrance
An old photograph showing formal gardens

[1] ttp://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8763

[2] Gifford, Fife. page ##.

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 [[Category:Category A listed buildings]]
 [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]