Chapelyard
| Building details | |
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| Name | Chapelyard |
| Address | Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7DE |
| Other names | Chapel Yard House |
| Date | Early 19th century |
| OS grid ref | NO258069 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°14'55"N 3°11'54"W |
| Listing | Category B |
| Listing ref | LB31362 |
| Listing name | Chapel Yard House, Chapel Yard |
Chapelyard is a private house high up to the south of Falkland.
Listing Description
Early 19th century. Main block 2-storey 3-window with pilastered doorpiece, single storey piend-roofed wings with arched windows. 2-storey parallel back wing with peind roof. Stuccoed with margins, slated.
Previous uses
Special features
Extensions
Extension 1920.[1]
Former residents
Major James Cusin JP, linen manufacturer, who died at Chapelyard, Falkland, yesterday, in his 79th year, was one of the best known business men in the Howe of Fife.[2]
Long list of previous residents provided.[1]
Further references
"On the approach fomr the SE, a pair of sentries on the hillside to the L, Glebelands, the old Parish Manse, by Thomas Barclay, 1807. The early C19 Chapelyard House next door is much smarter, with a pilastered doorpiece and round-arched windows in the wings."[3]
"To Let, with Entry at Martinmas or sooner, if desired. Chapelyard House, with large Garden and small Paddock adjoining. The House, which is beautifully situated overlooking the town of Falkland, consists of 3 Public Rooms, 3 Bedrooms, Dressing Room and Kitchen etc. The outhouses contain Stabling and other usual accommodation.
For particulars, apply to George Gavin, Estate Office, Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 information from occupier.
- ↑ Dundee Courier, 24 January 1910. Quoted in Playfir and Burgess,page 287.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 218.
- ↑ Fife News, 28 June 1913, quoted in Playfair and Burgess, page 411.
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