Difference between revisions of "Gardens Cottage"
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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Gardens Cottage | | style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Gardens Cottage | ||
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| '''Address''' || West Port, Falkland | | '''Address''' || West Port, Falkland | ||
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− | | '''Postcode''' ||KY15 7BW | + | | '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BW |
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− | | '''Other names''' || | + | | '''Other names''' || Garden Cottage |
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| '''Date''' || 1717 | | '''Date''' || 1717 | ||
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− | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25060 | + | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25060 07360 |
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′10″N 3°12′40″W | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′10″N 3°12′40″W | ||
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− | | ''' | + | | '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///reporting.blockage.chemistry ///reporting.blockage.chemistry] |
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− | | ''' | + | ! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31291 HES record for LB31291]</ref> |
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− | | ''' | + | | '''Category''' || B |
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+ | | '''Reference / Date''' || LB31291 / 01/12/1971 | ||
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+ | | '''Address/Site Name''' || House (Miss Margaret Shields), High Street, West Port | ||
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+ | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' | ||
+ | Dated RACS1717 at lintel. Single-storey and attic limewashed rubble and modern Roman tile, small fenestration, one door now blocked as window. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref> | ||
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+ | | '''Number:''' || 55 | ||
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+ | | '''Address/Site Name''' || House, High Street West, west of Kirkyard Gate | ||
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+ | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' | ||
+ | Single-storey: lime-washed: rubble and tile: lintel RA.CS.1717 | ||
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__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
− | '''Gardens Cottage''' is a house in [[High Street West]] | + | '''Gardens Cottage''' is a house in [[High Street West]] (or [[West Port]]) Falkland, named after a former resident. It backs onto the [[Old Cemetery]]. |
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==Special features== | ==Special features== | ||
Lintel. | Lintel. | ||
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+ | Hinge brackets, said to have supported gates across the street. | ||
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==Extensions== | ==Extensions== | ||
− | New occupiers have put skylight windows to rear and are now seeking retrospective planning permission.<ref name="nbr">Information from former | + | New occupiers have put skylight windows to rear and are now seeking retrospective planning permission.<ref name="nbr">Information from former neighbour</ref> |
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==Former residents== | ==Former residents== | ||
− | Miss Margaret Shields (who lived to a great age - at least into her 90s). The house was sold to Margaret's father Patrick Shields by the Guardians of [[Michael Crichton Stuart]] in 1922 when Michael himself would have been about 7. Presumably to pay off death duties. When Margaret went into a nursing home the house had to be sold; it was bought by Margaret's niece Patricia Gardens in 1999. At this time the house still had its original flag stone floors and was very basic. Plans were made out and the garden wall was repaired sympathetically with lime mortar but no further works carried out. Patricia sold the house recently approx 2018.<ref name=nbr /> | + | Mrs George Ramsay (c.1904).<ref name=P&B /> |
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+ | Miss Margaret Shields (who lived to a great age - at least into her 90s). The house was sold to Margaret's father Patrick Shields by the Guardians of [[Michael Crichton Stuart]] in 1922 when Michael himself would have been about 7. Presumably to pay off death duties. When Margaret went into a nursing home the house had to be sold; it was bought by Margaret's niece Patricia Gardens in 1999. At this time the house still had its original flag stone floors and was very basic. Plans were made out and the garden wall was repaired sympathetically with lime mortar but no further works carried out. Patricia sold the house recently approx 2018.<ref name=nbr /> | ||
==Further references== | ==Further references== | ||
− | In 1904, "... the tenant of the property on the west side of the entrance gate to the Burying Ground, belonging to Falkland Estate and tenanted by Mrs George Ramsay, had a hole in the garden wall through which a large number of hens kept by her passed into the Burying Ground"<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 94.</ref> | + | In 1904, "... the tenant of the property on the west side of the entrance gate to the Burying Ground, belonging to Falkland Estate and tenanted by Mrs George Ramsay, had a hole in the garden wall through which a large number of hens kept by her passed into the Burying Ground."<ref name=P&B>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 94.</ref> |
It was noted from 2007 as a "Building at risk", but has now been reclassified as "Restoration in progress".<ref>[https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/907186 Buildings at Risk register]</ref> | It was noted from 2007 as a "Building at risk", but has now been reclassified as "Restoration in progress".<ref>[https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/907186 Buildings at Risk register]</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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<gallery mode=packed> | <gallery mode=packed> | ||
+ | File:Gardens Cottage 2.JPG|Lintel in December 2020 | ||
+ | File:Garden Cottage 100 January 2019.JPG|The house in 2019 | ||
+ | File:Falkland Garden Cottage April 2018.JPG|Rear of the house in 2018 | ||
+ | File:Gardens Cottage hinges.JPG|Hinge brackets | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Category B listed buildings]] | [[Category:Category B listed buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]] | [[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]] | ||
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Buildings at Risk Register]] |
Latest revision as of 11:18, 25 January 2024
Building summary | |
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The front of the house in 2020 | |
Name | Gardens Cottage |
Address | West Port, Falkland |
Postcode | KY15 7BW |
Other names | Garden Cottage |
Date | 1717 |
OS grid ref | NO 25060 07360 |
Latitude & longitude | 56°15′10″N 3°12′40″W |
what3words | ///reporting.blockage.chemistry |
HES listing details[1] | |
Category | B |
Reference / Date | LB31291 / 01/12/1971 |
Address/Site Name | House (Miss Margaret Shields), High Street, West Port |
Description:
Dated RACS1717 at lintel. Single-storey and attic limewashed rubble and modern Roman tile, small fenestration, one door now blocked as window. | |
1963 listing details[2] | |
Number: | 55 |
Address/Site Name | House, High Street West, west of Kirkyard Gate |
Description:
Single-storey: lime-washed: rubble and tile: lintel RA.CS.1717 |
Gardens Cottage is a house in High Street West (or West Port) Falkland, named after a former resident. It backs onto the Old Cemetery.
Special features
Lintel.
Hinge brackets, said to have supported gates across the street.
Extensions
New occupiers have put skylight windows to rear and are now seeking retrospective planning permission.[3]
Former residents
Mrs George Ramsay (c.1904).[4]
Miss Margaret Shields (who lived to a great age - at least into her 90s). The house was sold to Margaret's father Patrick Shields by the Guardians of Michael Crichton Stuart in 1922 when Michael himself would have been about 7. Presumably to pay off death duties. When Margaret went into a nursing home the house had to be sold; it was bought by Margaret's niece Patricia Gardens in 1999. At this time the house still had its original flag stone floors and was very basic. Plans were made out and the garden wall was repaired sympathetically with lime mortar but no further works carried out. Patricia sold the house recently approx 2018.[3]
Further references
In 1904, "... the tenant of the property on the west side of the entrance gate to the Burying Ground, belonging to Falkland Estate and tenanted by Mrs George Ramsay, had a hole in the garden wall through which a large number of hens kept by her passed into the Burying Ground."[4]
It was noted from 2007 as a "Building at risk", but has now been reclassified as "Restoration in progress".[5]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31291
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information from former neighbour
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Playfair and Burgess, page 94.
- ↑ Buildings at Risk register