Difference between revisions of "Fountain House"
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| '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland | | '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland | ||
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| '''Date''' || 1735 | | '''Date''' || 1735 | ||
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| − | | '''OS grid ref''' || | + | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25225 7395 |
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 9 January 2021
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| Name | Fountain House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Date | 1735 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25225 7395 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Listing | Category B |
| Listing ref | LB31260 |
| Listing name | Fountain House, High Street |
Fountain House is a house in Falkland High Street, between the Old Town House and the Parish Church, now used as holiday accommodation.
It was restored under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.
Listing description
Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated.
Cobbled area in front.
Previous uses
Private house.
Former residents
Further references
"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that i may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 [1]
"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
Gallery
[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]
Fountin House in 2020
Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore image SC01549369.jpg)
