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File:Canmore image SC01549369.jpg|Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore | File:Canmore image SC01549369.jpg|Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore) | ||
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Revision as of 18:48, 1 April 2021
| Building summary | |
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| Name | Fountain House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Date | 1735 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25225 7395 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Listing | Category B |
| Listing ref | LB31260 |
Fountain House is a house in Falkland High Street, between the Old Town House and the Parish Church, now used as holiday accommodation.
It was restored under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.
| HES listing details[1] |
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| Address/Site Name
Fountain House, High Street |
| 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. |
Previous uses
Private house.
Former residents
Further references
"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that it may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 [2]
"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.[3]
Notes
- ↑ HES
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
Further images
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Fountin House in 2020 -
Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore)
