Mercat House

Building summary
Mercat House / Fayre Earth, 2020
Name	Mercat House
Address	High Street, Falkland
Postcode	KY15 7BU
Other names	Palace Cafe; Greenhouse Restaurant Fayre Earth
Date	18th century and later
OS grid ref	NO 25246 07364
Latitude & longitude	56°15′10″N 3°12′29″W

Mercat House is a house and shop in Falkland High Street, on the corner with Cross Wynd and next to Cameron House. It currently houses the gift shop Fayre Earth

Google Streetview shows it in October 2009 as "Greenhouse Chinese Restaurant."

Fayre Earth featured in the Outlander television series as "Farrell’s Hardware and Furniture Store", Inverness.

HES listing details
Reference: LB31280	Date: 01/12/1971	Category: C
Address/Site Name Mrs Elizabeth Crawford's premises (Richard Howden's shop) High St
Description Rebuilt late 19th century, gables are 18th century. 2-storey 2-window (1 Bipartite) rubble with stugged red sandstone dressings at openings, ground floor shop crowstepped; pantiled, slate skirting.
Statement of special interest Partly cobbled area in front. Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006).

Previous uses

Ice cream shop; cafe, Chinese restaurant.

Further references

"One of the shops in Falkland was an Italian ice cream shop called Valentes, where Fayre Earth Craft Shop is today. (A shop of the same name is still going today in Kirkcaldy)."

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"The shop that became Fayre Earth was once a village stores, where, as well as general goods and papers, villagers could have teas or coffees or the delicious ice-cream made by the Italian proprietors (the Lannis) while listening to the songs of the moment played on the shop’s juke box."

Further images

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  Palace Cafe c.1962