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Now private flats.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
Now private flats.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
==Listings==
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Category A section of larger group. Cobbled Area in front.
Category A section of larger group. Cobbled Area in front.
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! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Number:''' 5
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
St. Andrews House, High Street
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| '''Description'''
18th Century: 2-storey front, 3 at back: harl and pantile: crowstepped: moulded doorpiece and semi-dormers
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==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Home for Roman Catholic orphan boys (up to age 14)<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 181.</ref> until 1908, then to be used to accommodate gardeners (presumably for Falkland Palace).<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], pages 243&ndash;244.</ref>
Home for Roman Catholic orphan boys (up to age 14)<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 181.</ref> until 1908, then to be used to accommodate gardeners (presumably for Falkland Palace).<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], pages 243&ndash;244.</ref>

Revision as of 06:58, 21 January 2024

Building summary
Name St Andrew's House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names St Andrew House
Date 18th century
See map Map T (6); Map D (25)
OS grid ref NO 25295 07431
Latitude & longitude 56°15'12"N 3°12'26"W

St Andrew's House is a house in Falkland High Street.

Now private flats.[1]

Listings

HES listing details[2]
Reference: LB31257 Date: 01/12/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

St Andrew House High Street (Including Garden Walls)

Description

18th century, 2 sections, low 2-storey stepped in slope, harled and pantiled. Crowstepped gable, one with pigeon loft entries 18th century 2-storey to front, 3 (higher wallhead) at back, whitewashed hall with painted margins, pantiled; moulded doorpiece, 3 windows with swift dormer heads at 1st floor.

Statement of special interest

Category A section of larger group. Cobbled Area in front.

1963 listing details[3]
Number: 5
Address/Site Name

St. Andrews House, High Street

Description

18th Century: 2-storey front, 3 at back: harl and pantile: crowstepped: moulded doorpiece and semi-dormers

Previous uses

Home for Roman Catholic orphan boys (up to age 14)[4] until 1908, then to be used to accommodate gardeners (presumably for Falkland Palace).[5]

In 1904 the Burgh Council complained that some of the blocks of the "causeway" in front of the house had been lifted up and replaced with a flower bed, as George Quilter, crippled son of Mrs Getrude Quilter, matron of the home, loved to look at flowers.[6]

Later shop.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information from occupier.
  2. ↑ HES record for LB31257
  3. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  4. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 181.
  5. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, pages 243–244.
  6. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, pages 91–92.