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'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House'''), is a house on the ssouth side of [[Falkland High Street]], between The [[Bruce Inn]] and [[Ladieburn Cottage]].
'''Moncrief House''' (or '''Moncreif House''' or '''Moncrieff House'''), is a house on the ssouth side of [[Falkland High Street]], between The [[Bruce Inn]] and [[Ladieburn Cottage]].


==Listings==
{| class=wikitable
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31274 HES record for LB31274].</ref>
|-
| '''Reference:''' LB31274
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
| '''Category:''' A
|-
| colspan=3 |  '''Address/Site Name'''
Moncrief House
|-
| colspan=3 |  '''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.
|-
| colspan=3 | '''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.
|}
{| class=wikitable
! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
|-
| '''Number:''' 8
|-
| '''Address/Site Name'''
Moncreife House, High Street
|-
| '''Description'''
3-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239)
|}
==Former residents==
==Former residents==
Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.<ref>(this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).</ref>
Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.<ref>(this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).</ref>

Revision as of 11:40, 23 January 2024

Building summary
Name Moncrief House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BZ
Date 1610
See map Map T (2)
OS grid ref NO 25340 07414
Latitude & longitude 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W

Moncrief House (or Moncreif House or Moncrieff House), is a house on the ssouth side of Falkland High Street, between The Bruce Inn and Ladieburn Cottage.

Former residents

Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.[1]

Further references

"Moncrief House, dated 1610 on the 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

  1. ↑ (this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).
  2. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 219.
  3. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.

Further images

  • The panel
    The panel
  • Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
    Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
  • The lintel
    The lintel
  • View from Falkland Palace battlements
    View from Falkland Palace battlements
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