Moncrief House
Building summary | |
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Name | Moncrief House |
Address | High Street, Falkland |
Postcode | KY15 7BZ |
Date | 1610 |
See map | Map T (2) |
OS grid ref | NO 25340 07414 |
Latitude & longitude | 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W |
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HES listing details[1] | |
Category | A |
Reference / Date | LB31274 / 01/12/1971 |
Address/Site Name | Moncrief House |
Description
Dated NM AO 1610 at lintel. 2-storey and dormerless attic 4-window ashlar, thatched; moulded openings, inscribed panel, small blind attic window under eaves. | |
Statement of special interest
Inscription: AL PRAISE TO GOD AND/THANKIS TO THE MOST/EXCELLENT MONARCHE/GREAT BRITAINE OF WH/OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA/LITIE THIS IS MY POR/TIOVNE: DEO LAVS/ ESTO FIDYS/ADEST MERCES/NICOLL MONCRIEF. | |
1963 listing details[2] | |
Number: | 8 |
Address/Site Name | Moncreife House, High Street |
Description
3-storey: squared rubble and thatch: crowstepped: door lintel NM.A0.1610 and inscribed panel: (Inventory 239) |
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Moncrief House (or Moncreif House or Moncrieff House), is a house on the ssouth side of Falkland High Street, between The Bruce Inn and Ladieburn Cottage.
Former residents
Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.[3]
Further references
"Moncrief House, dated 1610 on the door lintel, built for James VI's servant Nicol Moncrief. ..."[4]
"Moncreif House, High Street, 1610, is the only remaining thatched house in Falkland. ..."[5]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31274.
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ (this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 219.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
Further images
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The panel
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Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden
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The lintel
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View from Falkland Palace battlements