Saddlers House

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Building summary
View from south-west
Name Saddlers House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names The Saddlers
Date 1771
See map Map T (7); Map D (23)
OS grid ref NO 25278 07423
Latitude & longitude 56°15′12″N 3°12′27″W

Saddlers House is a house in Falkland High Street.

HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB31259 Date: 01/12/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

The Saddlers, High Street

Description

Dated 17GLBD71 at door lintel 2-storey, 3-window at first floor, whitewashed stucco with painted margins.

Statement of special interest

'A' section of larger group (cont

Former residents

Further references

"The Saddlers before the churchyard is dated 1771."[2]

"On the north side of the High Street is an architectural sandwich: the Saddlers (1771) and St Andrew House, mid-18th century [...], reflect douce native architecture. In the middle the Gift Shop [...] is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."[3]

Notes

  1. HES record for LB31259. The Statement of Spcial Interest seems to break off in the middle of a word.
  2. Gifford, Fife, page 219.
  3. Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.

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