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| '''Date'''|| 1751
| '''Date'''|| 1751
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| '''OS Grid Reference'''|| NO251073
| '''OS Grid Reference'''|| NO 25144 7364
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| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W
| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W
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| '''Listing'''|| Category B
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| '''Listing reference'''|| LB31264
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| '''Listing date''' || 01/12/1971
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It was restored in 1970 [check date] by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].<ref name=LHIS>Diane Watters and Miles Glendenning, ''Little Houses; The National Trust for Scotland's Improvement Scheme for Small Historic Homes'' (RCAHMS and NTS, 2006, page ##),</ref> and was described at that time as "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)."
It was restored in 1970 [check date] by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].<ref name=LHIS>Diane Watters and Miles Glendenning, ''Little Houses; The National Trust for Scotland's Improvement Scheme for Small Historic Homes'' (RCAHMS and NTS, 2006, page ##),</ref> and was described at that time as "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)."
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{| class=wikitable
!HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31264 HES record for LB31264]</ref>
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31264 HES record for LB31264]</ref>
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| '''Reference:''' LB31264
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
| '''Category:''' B
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
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House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
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| '''Description'''
| colspan=3 | '''Description'''
Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
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|'''Statement of special interest'''
| colspan=3 | '''Statement of special interest'''
Restoration work about to be put in hand.  
Restoration work about to be put in hand.  
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Revision as of 12:13, 2 April 2021

Building summary
Name Steps House
Address West Port (formerly High Street West)
Postcode KY15 7BW
Other names Thatched Cottage;
Peggie's House;
52 High Street West
Date 1751
OS Grid Reference NO 25144 7364
Latitude & longitude 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W

Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland. It was restored in 1970 [check date] by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.[1] and was described at that time as "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)."

HES listing details[2]
Reference: LB31264 Date: 01/12/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West

Description

Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.

Statement of special interest

Restoration work about to be put in hand.

Previous uses

Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.[3]

Special features

Falkland stones.[3]

Former residents

Walter Peggie[4]

Further references

"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now Bowriefaulds) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."[4]


Walter Peggie (Jean’s grandfather) [a slater and plasterer] set up his workshop underneath the house on West Port now called Steps House, (the washhouse was there too, next to the workshop).[5]

Notes

  1. Diane Watters and Miles Glendenning, Little Houses; The National Trust for Scotland's Improvement Scheme for Small Historic Homes (RCAHMS and NTS, 2006, page ##),
  2. HES record for LB31264
  3. 3.0 3.1 Information from occupier.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Information from former neighbour.
  5. My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.

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