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The '''Covenanter Hotel''' (previously the '''Commercial Hotel''') is an hotel in [[Falkland High Street]]. | 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, but it had reverted to being the Covenanters by 2016. | + | 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. | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 21 January 2024
| Building summary | |
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| 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 |
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,[1] 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.[2]
| HES listing details[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reference: LB31278 | Date: 01/12/1971 | Category: B |
| 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). | ||
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.[4]
"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]."[5]
"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."[6]
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ NTS: Outlander filming locations.
- ↑ HES record for LB31278
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220."
- ↑ Queen Victoria, page 4.
- ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 76.
Further images
Date Stone
The Covenanter Bar
