Cameron House

Building summary
Name	Cameron House
Address	High Street, Falkland
Postcode	KY15 7BU
Date	early 17th century
OS grid ref	NO 25238 7363
Latitude & longitude	56°15′10″N 3°12′30″W
Listing	Category B
Listing ref	LB31281

Cameron House is a house in Falkland High Street, adjoining Fayre Earth and Ross House. It is said to have been the birthplace of the Covenanter Richard Cameron.

HES listing details
Address/Site Name Cameron House, High St (including garden walls)
Description Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated
Statement of special interest Cobbled area in front.

Further references

"Cameron House's late C19 rusticated stucco with vermiculated quoins disguises an early C17 bulding; formerly thatched, it is now pantiled."

"The outstanding building in the tall terrace at the south-west corner of The Cross is Cameron House, early 17th century, with late 19th-century regular fenestration with vermiculated quoins."

"Cameron House is held to be the birth-place of Richard Cameron, the Lion of the Covenant. Born in 1648 he became, according to tradition, schoolmaster in Falkland and precentor in the Kirk, then Episcopal. His conscience mvoed him to depart from his native town and join the fervent Covenanters in the West of Scotland. He died in battle at Aird's Moss in 1680, fighting to depose Charles II."

Gallery

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  Cameron House in 2020
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  Old photograph with thatched roof and front chimney.
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  House name and plaque