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'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House''', is a house in Falkland High Street.
'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House''', is a house in Falkland High Street.
==Listing description==
==Listing description==

Revision as of 17:42, 8 January 2021

Building details
Name Moncrief House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BZ
Date 1610
OS grid ref NO 25340 7414
Latitude & longitude 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W
Listing Category A
Listing ref LB31274
Listing name Moncrief House

Moncrief House (or Moncreif House or Moncrieff House, is a house in Falkland High Street.

Listing description

Dated NM AO 1610 at lintel. 2-storey and dormerless attic 4-window ashlar, thatched; moulded openings, inscribed panel, small blind attic window under eaves.
Statement of Special Interest: Inscription: AL PRAISE TO GOD AND/THANKIS TO THE MOST/EXCELLENT MONARCHE/GREAT BRITAINE OF WH/OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA/LITIE THIS IS MY POR/TIOVNE: DEO LAVS/ ESTO FIDYS/ADEST MERCES/NICOLL MONCRIEF.[1]

Former residents

Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.

Further references

"Moncrief House, dated 160 onthe door lintel, built for James VI's servant Nicol Moncrief. ...[2]

"Moncreif House, High Street, 1610, is the only remaining thatched house in Falkland. ..."[3]

Notes