Difference between revisions of "Fountain House"
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Revision as of 09:08, 23 January 2024
| Building summary | |
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| Name | Fountain House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Date | 1735 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25225 07395 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| HES listing details[1] | |
| Category: | |
| Reference / date | |
| Address/Site Name | |
| Description | |
| Statement of special interest | |
| 1963 listing details[2] | |
| Number: | |
| Address/Site Name | |
| Description | |
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.
| HES listing details[3] | ||
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| Reference: LB31260 | Date: 01/12/1971 | Category: B |
| Address/Site Name
Fountain House, High Street | ||
| Description
Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated. | ||
| Statement of special interest
Cobbled area in front. | ||
Previous uses
Private house.
Further references
"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that it may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 [4]
"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.[5]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for ####
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ HES record for LB31260
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
Further images
Fountain House in 2020
Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore)
