Key House
| Building summary | |
|---|---|
| |
| Name | Key House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Other names | Palace Inn |
| Tabor Retreat Centre | |
| Date | 1713 |
| See map | Map T (5) |
| OS grid ref | NO 25304 7446 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′13″N 3°12′26″W |
| what3words | ///forecast.unstated.stubble |
| HES listing details[1] | |
| Category | B |
| Reference / Date | LB31256 / 01/12/1971 |
| Address/Site Name | Key House (formerly Palace Inn) and Key Cottage, High Street |
| Description:
Dated TMMX 1713 at door lintel 2-storey 3-window harled and whitewashed with margins, crow-stepped and slated. Rear part. | |
| Statement of special interest:
Cobbled area in front. | |
| 1963 listing details[2] | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Address/Site Name | Key House, High Street, (formerly "Palace Inn") |
| Description:
2-storey: harl and slate: crow-stepped: door lintel inscribed TM.KK.1713 | |
Key House is a house in Falkland High Street, now used for holiday lets. It was previously the Tabor Retreat Centre.
Previous uses
Inn; retreat centre
Further references
"On High Street's N side, immediately W of the Palace, the harled and crowstepped Key House, set well back. Steep-pitched roof confirming the door lintel's date of 1713."[3]
"The house, which is run by the Tabor Trust, a registered charity, is managed by Lynda Wright, a Church of Scotland Deaconess and member of the Iona Community, both of whom are trained in spiritual direction. A chapel in the converted stable is available for individual or group use, and there is a meditation each evening for residents.[4]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31256. The Description seems incomplete
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 219.
- ↑ The Falkland Directory."