Young's House

Building summary
Name	Young's House
Address	West Port
Postcode	KY15 7BW
Date	Later 18th century
OS grid ref	NO 25150 7342
Latitude & longitude	56°15′10″N 3°12′35″W
Listing	Category B
Listing reference	LB31287
Listing date	01/12/1971

Young's House is a house in Falkland High Street, between Pitcairn House and Bruce Buildings.

HES listing details
Address/Site Name House (Mr Alexander Young), High Street (including garden walls)
Description Later 18th century. 2-storey 2-window harled with margins, railed forestair; scrolled skewputt, slated.

Former residents

Alexander Young

Further references

"Mr Young laid claim to the house in the early 60s. He never lived there permanently. He used it to store salvage works and antiquities. It had no electricity and was very basic, when the family came to stay for a day or two they made use of oil lamps. The space between Craig House and Young's cottage was empty with just the foundation slabs of the previous house on pure white sand. The children used it as a sand pit and a short cut to and from Back Dykes. After a few years Mr Young put up a fence with a sign saying 'danger keep out'. He planted bamboo. The bamboo eventually got so dense that you couldn't get through it. The thing I remember most about the house was the sea serpent door knocker. His daughter sold the house and land fairly recently, to a developer, who built Palace View and Pitcairn House."