Old Town House

Building details
Name	Old Town House
Address	High Street, Falkland
Postcode	KY15 7BU
Other names
Date	1886
OS grid ref	NO 25224 7378
Latitude & longitude
Listing	Category C (re-categorised from B, 2006)
Listing ref	LB31261
Listing name	Savings Bank and Co-operative Building, High Street

The Old Town House is the building containing the Violin Shop (historically Bryces's Store) and Campbell's Cafe (historically the Co-op store).

The term has also been used, perhaps erroneously, to refer to the Town Hall.

Listing description

Dated 1886. Baronial 2-storey attic and basement, crowstepped 2-gable front to Cross, circular stair tower on N and corbelled angle turret at SE; South basement window has lintel dated 17GKMN50, 17th century moulded doorpiece incorporated on north side.

Cobbled front area to east, partly cobbled pavement on South.

Further references

Gifford, Fife (Buildings of Scotland series) page 220: "Closing the E side of the 'square' is the Old Town House, tepid baronial dated 1886. Part of a C17 doorpiece is re-used in the NW tower. On its S front, a basement window's lintel is dated 1750."

Pride, The Kingdom of Fife (Architectural Guides to Scotland series) page 87: "Old Town House, 1866, on the west side of The Cross, is in Baronial garb, incorporating earlier relics."

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  Early 20th century