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'''Steps House''' is a private house in [[West Port]], Falkland. | '''Steps House''' is a private house in [[West Port]], Falkland. | ||
It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].<ref name=LHIS>[[Watters and Glendenning]], page | It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]].<ref name=LHIS>[[Watters and Glendenning]], page 180), "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House), 52 High Street West – 18thC; 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair."</ref> | ||
{| class=wikitable | {| class=wikitable | ||
! colspan=3 | 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> | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 3 January 2022
| Building summary | |
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| 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 07364 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W |
Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland.
It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.[1]
| 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
- ↑ Watters and Glendenning, page 180), "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House), 52 High Street West – 18thC; 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair."
- ↑ HES record for LB31264
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information from occupier.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information from former neighbour.
- ↑ My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.
Further images
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The lintel -
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