Steps House

Building summary
Name	Steps House
Address	West Port (formerly High Street West)
Postcode	KY15 7BW
Other names	Thatched Cottage
	Peggie's House
	52 High Street West
Date	1751
OS Grid Reference	NO 25144 07364
Latitude & longitude	56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W

Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland.

It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.

Listings

HES listing details
Reference: LB31264	Date: 01/12/1971	Category: B
Address/Site Name House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West
Description Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation.
Statement of special interest Restoration work about to be put in hand.
Little Houses Scheme details
Restorer: Restoring Purchaser	Architect: NTS (in-house staff)	Date Restored: 1971 onwards
Name and address Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)
Description Category B; 18thC. 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair.

1963 listing details
Number: 53
Address/Site Name House, High Street, west of 52
Description 2-storey: rubble and tile: built on natural rock foundation: forestairs;· lintel IE.MG.1751

Previous uses

Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.

Special features

Falkland stones.

Former residents

Walter Peggie

Further references

"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now Bowriefaulds) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."

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"Walter Peggie (Jean’s grandfather) [a slater and plasterer] set up his workshop underneath the house on West Port now called Steps House, (the washhouse was there too, next to the workshop)."

Further images

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  The lintel
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  Little Houses Scheme badge