Eden Valley Linen Works
| Building summary | |
|---|---|
| [photo awaited] | |
| Name | Eden Valley Linen Works |
| Address | Eden Valley Row, Freuchie |
| Postcode | KY15 7EU |
| Other names | |
| Date | 1864 |
| Architect | Robertson & Orchar |
| OS grid ref | NO 28477 06963 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°14′59″N 3°09′21″W |
Eden Valley Linen Works is a former linen factory in Eden Valley Row, Freuchie, now converted to residential accommodation.
| HES listing details[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reference: LB49305 | Date: 27/06/2003 | Category: B |
| Address/Site Name
Freuchie, Eden Valley Row, Former Eden Valley Linen Works Including Gate Piers And Boundary Walls | ||
| Description
Probably by Robertson & Orchar, circa 1864. 2-storey, 16-bay former linen works. Long, ordered elevation with regular fenestration broken by 2 segmentally arched cart entrances. Squared and snecked stugged sandstone with rusticated ashlar masonry to quoins, arched cart entrance surrounds and vertical margins which define the first and last 3 bays. Flush droved long and short surrounds to windows. Ashlar eaves course and cornice. Further sandstone rubble buildings attached to rear. ... | ||
| Statement of special interest
In use as a Linen Works until around the time of the Second World War. Recently used as a mushroom factory. Important as a reminder of the once prominent linen industry in Fife and notable for its little altered principal elevation. ... | ||
Further references
"... Georgian survival but with rusticated quoins breaking the front into a ten-bay centre and three-bay ends."[2]
"Unobtrusive symmetrical block, 16 bays long, including two arched cart entries: now warehouse."[3]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB49305
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 229.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 90.