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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Balreavie Farmhouse | | style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Balreavie Farmhouse | ||
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| '''Date''' || 18th century | | '''Date''' || 18th century | ||
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°14′43″N 3°11′03″W | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°14′43″N 3°11′03″W | ||
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| + | '''Balreavie Farmhouse''' is a house on the [[A912]] where it crosses the Balreavie Burn, south of [[Newton of Falkland]] and south-east of [[Kilgourieknowe]]. | ||
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| + | !colspan=3 |HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8813 HES record for LB8813]</ref> | ||
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| + | | '''Reference:''' LB8813 | ||
| + | | '''Date:''' 01/02/1972 | ||
| + | | '''Category:''' B | ||
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| + | Balreavie, House and Steading | ||
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| − | + | 18th century, originally single-storey, raised to 2-storey 3-window later in century, rubble-built; later 2-storey 1-window addition coursed whin rubble with ashlar dressings, slated cable moulded club-skews; mid 19th century single-storey and loft steading wing, polygonal horsemill. | |
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==Former uses== | ==Former uses== | ||
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| − | The name derives from the Gaelic words ''baile'' ''riabhach'', meaning a " 'Striped or variegated estate' This is almost certainly the etymology of this farm-name on the main road from Falkland to Markinch (A912), but is it an indigenous place-name? Its unusually late appearance (for a Bal-name), and its status as an inn in 1828 suggest that it is not, but rather that it was a transferred name, perhaps from Balreavie, Longmorn by Elgin [Moray]."<ref name=taylor>[[Taylor, | + | "The name derives from the Gaelic words ''baile'' ''riabhach'', meaning a " 'Striped or variegated estate' This is almost certainly the etymology of this farm-name on the main road from Falkland to Markinch (A912), but is it an indigenous place-name? Its unusually late appearance (for a Bal-name), and its status as an inn in 1828 suggest that it is not, but rather that it was a transferred name, perhaps from Balreavie, Longmorn by Elgin [Moray]."<ref name=taylor>[[Taylor, Place-Names|Taylor, ''Place-Names'']], page 144.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:22, 4 February 2022
| Building summary | |
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| Name | Balreavie Farmhouse |
| Address | Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7DF |
| Date | 18th century |
| OS grid ref | NO 26706 06494 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°14′43″N 3°11′03″W |
Balreavie Farmhouse is a house on the A912 where it crosses the Balreavie Burn, south of Newton of Falkland and south-east of Kilgourieknowe.
| HES listing details[1] | ||
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| Reference: LB8813 | Date: 01/02/1972 | Category: B |
| Address/Site Name
Balreavie, House and Steading | ||
| Description
18th century, originally single-storey, raised to 2-storey 3-window later in century, rubble-built; later 2-storey 1-window addition coursed whin rubble with ashlar dressings, slated cable moulded club-skews; mid 19th century single-storey and loft steading wing, polygonal horsemill. | ||
Former uses
An inn in 1828.[2]
Former residents
- David Duncan of Balreavie (his gravestone in Falkland graveyard .dated 1846)
- 1855 John Duncan
- 1885 John Fleming tenant
- 1920 John Ness owner occupier.
- 1940 David Anderson staying at Kilgowrieknowe
- 1960 Hugh Butter[3]
Other references
"The name derives from the Gaelic words baile riabhach, meaning a " 'Striped or variegated estate' This is almost certainly the etymology of this farm-name on the main road from Falkland to Markinch (A912), but is it an indigenous place-name? Its unusually late appearance (for a Bal-name), and its status as an inn in 1828 suggest that it is not, but rather that it was a transferred name, perhaps from Balreavie, Longmorn by Elgin [Moray]."[2]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB8813
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Taylor, Place-Names, page 144.
- ↑ Information from former neighbour.