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| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU
 
| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU
 
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| '''Other names''' || Commercial Hotel
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| rowspan="2" |'''Other names''' || Commercial Hotel
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|Luigino's
 
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| '''Date''' || 1771
 
| '''Date''' || 1771
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| '''See map''' || [[Map D]] (21)
 
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO252073
 
| '''OS grid ref''' || NO252073
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15'11"N 3°12'27"W
 
| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15'11"N 3°12'27"W
 
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| '''Listing''' || Category B
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! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31278 HES record for  LB31278]</ref>
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| '''Category''' || B
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| '''Reference / Date''' ||  LB31278 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Covenanter Hotel (Formerly Commercial Hotel), High Street
 
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| '''Listing ref''' ||LB31278
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| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
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Dated 17RBEB71 2-storey 3-window snecked rubble with painted margins, raised quoins, Roman doric columned doorpiece with swagged frieze; scroll-skews, slated. Eastern extension small 2-storey baronial with crowstepped gable and turret c 1870
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| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:'''
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Cobbled area in front. Category A section of larger group (cont).
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! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Number:''' || 12
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Commercial Hotel, High Street
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| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
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2-storey: snecked rubble and slate: Roman doric doorpiece and scroll skews: window lintel 17.EB.EB.71: Baronial annex
 
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The '''Covenanter Hotel''' (previously the '''Commercial Hotel''') is an hotel in Falkland.
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The '''Covenanter Hotel''' (previously the '''Commercial Hotel''') is an hotel in [[Falkland High Street]].
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Google Streetview shows it in October 2009 As "Luigino's", an Italian restaurant,<ref>https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2531514,-3.2077268,3a,75y,139.06h,84.21t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9j_Te4ygeagm1YqDpWvHTA!2e0!5s20090401T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu</ref> but it had reverted to being the Covenanters by 2016.
  
 
It takes its current name from the Covenanters, a presbyterian religious movement in the 17th century.
 
It takes its current name from the Covenanters, a presbyterian religious movement in the 17th century.
  
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The Covenanter Hotel featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations].</ref>
!HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31278 HES record for LB31278]</ref>
 
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
 
Covenanter Hotel (Formerly Commercial Hotel), High Street
 
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| '''Description'''
 
Dated 17RBEB71 2-storey 3-window snecked rubble with painted margins, raised quoins, Roman doric columned doorpiece with swagged frieze; scroll-skews, slated. Eastern extension small 2-storey baronial with crowstepped gable and turret c 1870
 
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|'''Statement of special interest'''
 
Cobbled area in front. Category A section of larger group (cont).
 
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==Extensions==
 
==Extensions==
 
The hotel now incorporates, as its eastern extension, the [[Covenanter Bar]], previously a separate establsihment.
 
The hotel now incorporates, as its eastern extension, the [[Covenanter Bar]], previously a separate establsihment.
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==Further references==
 
==Further references==
On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the [[Town House]], the  
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"On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the [[Town House]], the  
 
diminutive late C19 Baronial <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Bar</span>. ...  
 
diminutive late C19 Baronial <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Bar</span>. ...  
<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Hotel</span> is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220.</ref>
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<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Hotel</span> is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220."</ref>
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"To be sold by private bargain that property in Falkland belonging to Robert Jackson, and situated near the Cross, consisting of the Commercial Inn, with a well frequented shop, and good cellar, eight stall stables, gig house, barn, hay and saw lofts, also three dwelling houses, and a stable and byre adjoining the former. Offers to be given to Mr. [[Charles Gulland]], Town Clerk, Falkland or Robert Jackson, the proprietor, by the 15th September [1838]."<ref>''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 4.</ref>
 
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13 June 1903: Advertisement<br>
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"13 June 1903: Advertisement<br>
 
Commercial Hotel. Falkland.
 
Commercial Hotel. Falkland.
 
John Angus, Proprietor.<br>
 
John Angus, Proprietor.<br>
 
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS.
 
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS.
 
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.<br>
 
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.<br>
The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C.<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 76.</ref>
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The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C."<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 76.</ref>
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The Covenanter Hotel featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations]</ref>
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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==Gallery==
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==Further images==
[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]
 
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File:Covenanter.JPG|Front view
 
 
File:Covenanter 2.JPG|Date Stone
 
File:Covenanter 2.JPG|Date Stone
 
File:Covenanter bar.JPG|The Covenanter Bar
 
File:Covenanter bar.JPG|The Covenanter Bar
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[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
 
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
 
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
 
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
[[Category:Hotels]]
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[[Category:Hotels and public houses]]

Latest revision as of 19:29, 10 February 2024

Building summary
Covenanter.JPG
Name Covenanter Hotel
Address High Street (or The Square), Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names Commercial Hotel
Luigino's
Date 1771
See map Map D (21)
OS grid ref NO252073
Latitude & longitude 56°15'11"N 3°12'27"W
what3words saved.motivations.referral
HES listing details[1]
Category B
Reference / Date LB31278 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name Covenanter Hotel (Formerly Commercial Hotel), High Street
Description:

Dated 17RBEB71 2-storey 3-window snecked rubble with painted margins, raised quoins, Roman doric columned doorpiece with swagged frieze; scroll-skews, slated. Eastern extension small 2-storey baronial with crowstepped gable and turret c 1870

Statement of special interest:

Cobbled area in front. Category A section of larger group (cont).

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 12
Address/Site Name Commercial Hotel, High Street
Description:

2-storey: snecked rubble and slate: Roman doric doorpiece and scroll skews: window lintel 17.EB.EB.71: Baronial annex

The Covenanter Hotel (previously the Commercial Hotel) is an hotel in Falkland High Street.

Google Streetview shows it in October 2009 As "Luigino's", an Italian restaurant,[3] but it had reverted to being the Covenanters by 2016.

It takes its current name from the Covenanters, a presbyterian religious movement in the 17th century.

The Covenanter Hotel featured in the Outlander television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.[4]

Extensions

The hotel now incorporates, as its eastern extension, the Covenanter Bar, previously a separate establsihment.

Former residents

John Angus (early 20th century)

Further references

"On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the Town House, the diminutive late C19 Baronial Covenanter Bar. ... Covenanter Hotel is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.[5]


"To be sold by private bargain that property in Falkland belonging to Robert Jackson, and situated near the Cross, consisting of the Commercial Inn, with a well frequented shop, and good cellar, eight stall stables, gig house, barn, hay and saw lofts, also three dwelling houses, and a stable and byre adjoining the former. Offers to be given to Mr. Charles Gulland, Town Clerk, Falkland or Robert Jackson, the proprietor, by the 15th September [1838]."[6]


"13 June 1903: Advertisement
Commercial Hotel. Falkland. John Angus, Proprietor.
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.
The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C."[7]

Notes

Further images