Electricity Sub-station
| Building summary | |
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 The building in 2020
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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 |
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[1] | ||
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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[2] |
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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)."[3]
"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."[4]
Notes
- ↑ 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
