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'''Southbank''' is a private house and former shop in [[Horsemarket]], Falkland. The main facade faces down Horsemarket. The side elevation with stair tower faces [[South Street]].
'''Southbank''' is a private house and former shop in [[Horsemarket]], Falkland. The main facade faces down Horsemarket. The side elevation with stair tower faces [[South Street]].
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Revision as of 06:21, 21 January 2024

Building summary
Name Southbank
Address Horsemarket, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BG
Other names The Fruit Basket
Date c. 1800
OS grid ref NO 25337 07275
Latitude & longitude 56°15'7"N 3°12'23"W

Southbank is a private house and former shop in Horsemarket, Falkland. The main facade faces down Horsemarket. The side elevation with stair tower faces South Street.

!HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB31326 Date: 12/01/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

Southbank and Chemist's Shop (Leven) Together with Outbuilding to South Street, Horsemarket

Description

Circa 1800. 2-storey 3-window painted ashlar, slim artisan doric column doorpiece, small shop insertion on south; slated; single storey and loft rubble and pantile outbuilding.

Statement of special interest

Cobbled pavement.

Previous uses

Fruit shop, chemist.[2]

Special features

Spiral staircase (turret)[2]

Extensions

Orangery[2]

Former residents

Mr & Mrs Leven.[2]

Further references

"On Horsemarket, at South Street Corner, the Fruit Basket, c.1800, has slim Doric at entrance and round stair tower at back."[3]

"The view E[ast, from Horsemarket] is closed by Southbank, late Georgian with a Roman Doric columned doorpiece."[4]

"The Fruit Basket opened first in 1982 next to the Lomond. It moved to Southbank in 1985 and closed in 1993."[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB31326
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Information from occupier
  3. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife,page 87.
  4. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 221.
  5. ↑ Comment on Facebook New Images of Falkland.

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