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! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/ | ! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31284 HES record for LB31284]</ref> | ||
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| '''Reference / Date''' || | | '''Reference / Date''' || LB31284 / 01/12/1971 | ||
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || | | '''Address/Site Name''' || Electricity sub-station High Street | ||
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18th century, restored and converted to sub-station 1960. 2-storey 2-window whitewashed harl with margins, slated, gable forestair. | |||
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| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:''' | | colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:''' | ||
Narrow cobbled pavement in front. | |||
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! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref> | ! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref> | ||
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| '''Number:''' || | | '''Number:''' || 48 | ||
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || | | '''Address/Site Name''' || Electricity Sub-Station, High Street | ||
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18th Century: 2-storey with outside stairs: harl and slate: restored and converted to sub-station 1960 | |||
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Revision as of 08:57, 25 January 2024
Building summary | |
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Name | Electricity Sub-station |
Address | High Street, Falkland |
Postcode | ? |
Other names | Reading Room |
Date | 18th century; 1960 |
See map | Map T (20) |
Map D (59) | |
OS grid ref | NO 25200 07355 |
Latitude & longitude | 56°15′10″N 3°12′32″W |
what3words | ///musician.thinnest.chilling |
HES listing details[1] | |
Category | B |
Reference / Date | LB31284 / 01/12/1971 |
Address/Site Name | Electricity sub-station High Street |
Description:
18th century, restored and converted to sub-station 1960. 2-storey 2-window whitewashed harl with margins, slated, gable forestair. | |
Statement of special interest:
Narrow cobbled pavement in front. | |
1963 listing details[2] | |
Number: | 48 |
Address/Site Name | Electricity Sub-Station, High Street |
Description:
18th Century: 2-storey with outside stairs: harl and slate: restored and converted to sub-station 1960 |
The Electricity Sub-station is a building in Falkland High Street, formerly the Reading Room. The company of Wheeler and Sproson worked on the conversion of the cottage to a sub-station; it was opened in 1960 by Mrs Crichton Stuart.
Listings
HES listing details[3] | ||
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Reference: LB31284 | Date: 01/12/1971 | Category: B |
Address/Site Name
Electricity sub-station High Street | ||
Description
18th century, restored and converted to sub-station 1960. 2-storey 2-window whitewashed harl with margins, slated, gable forestair. | ||
Statement of special interest
Narrow cobbled pavement in front. |
1963 listing details[4] |
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Number: 48 |
Address/Site Name
Electricity Sub-Station, High Street |
Description
18th Century: 2-storey with outside stairs: harl and slate: restored and converted to sub-station 1960 |
Previous uses
Reading Room
Former residents
Thomas Drysdale (c. 1850)
Further references
"In the narrower W part of High Street after Rottenrow, a small early C18 building, externally restored in 1960 (the inside became an electricity sub-station)."[5]
"At a meeting of the Cricket Club, held on Thurrsday, it was decided to discontinue the hiring of the Reading Room, as the maintanance was a heavy drain on the funds of the club."[6]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31284
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ HES record for LB31284
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
- ↑ Falkland Estate Papers, 5 October 1901. Quoted in Playfair and Burgess. page 35.
Further images
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Explanatory plaque