Fountain House
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| Building details | |
|---|---|
| [photo awaited] | |
| Name | Fountain House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Date | 1735 |
| OS grid ref | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Listing | Category # |
| Listing ref | LB31260 |
| Listing name | Fountain House, High Street |
Fountain House is a house in Falkland High Street, 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.