Balreavie
| Building summary | |
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| [photo awaited] | |
| Name | Balreavie Farmhouse |
| Address | Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7DF |
| Date | 18th century |
| OS grid ref | NO 26706 6494 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°14′43″N 3°11′03″W |
| Listing | Category B |
| Listing ref | LB8813 |
Balreavie Farmhouse is a house on the A912 where it crosses the Balreavie Burn, south of Newton of Falkland and south-east of Kilgourieknowe.
| HES listing details[1] |
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| Address/Site Name
Balreavie, House and Steading |
| Description
18th century, originally single-storey, raised to 2-storey 3-window later in century, rubble-built; later 2-storey 1-window addition coursed whin rubble with ashlar dressings, slated cable moulded club-skews; mid 19th century single-storey and loft steading wing, polygonal horsemill. |
Former uses
An inn in 1828.[2]
Former residents
- David Duncan of Balreavie (his gravestone in Falkland graveyard .dated 1846)
- 1855 John Duncan
- 1885 John Fleming tenant
- 1920 John Ness owner occupier.
- 1940 David Anderson staying at Kilgowrieknowe
- 1960 Hugh Butter[3]
Other references
The name derives from the Gaelic words baile riabhach, meaning a " 'Striped or variegated estate' This is almost certainly the etymology of this farm-name on the main road from Falkland to Markinch (A912), but is it an indigenous place-name? Its unusually late appearance (for a Bal-name), and its status as an inn in 1828 suggest that it is not, but rather that it was a transferred name, perhaps from Balreavie, Longmorn by Elgin [Moray]."[2]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB8813
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Taylor, Placenames, page 144.
- ↑ Information from former neighbour.