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| '''Name''': House of Falkland
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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' ||House of Falkland
 
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| '''Address''': Falkland Estate
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| '''Address'''|| Falkland Estate
 
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| '''Postcode''': KY15 7AE
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| '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7AE
 
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| '''Other names''': Falkland House
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| rowspan="2" | '''Other names'''|| Falkland House
 
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| St Ninian's RC School
 
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| '''OS Grid Reference''':  NO242074
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| '''Date'''|| 1839
 
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| '''Latitude & longitude''': 56°15'11"N 3°13'27"W
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| rowspan="2" | '''Architects || [[William Burn]]
 
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| '''Listing''': Category A
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|[[Robert Weir Schultz]]
 
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| '''Listing reference''': LB8763
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| '''See map''' || [[Map C]]
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| '''Listing name''': House of Falkland Estate, House of Falkland, Including Terraces and Fountains
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| '''OS grid ref''' ||  NO242074
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| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'11"N 3°13'27"W
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! colspan=2|HES listing details<ref>There's much more in the full listing description: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8763</ref>
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House of Falkland Estate, House of Falkland, Including Terraces and Fountains
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William Burn, 1839-44. 2-storey, 6- x 7- bay, L-plan, balustraded and crowstep-gabled Jacobean manor house with attached single-storey and attic servants' courtyard to NW (currently school, 2011). Sandstone ashlar with buckle quoins. Base course, band course, cornice. Bi- and tri-partite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Some narrow slit windows. Moulded architraves; some windows with strapwork window heads and aprons. Square corner turrets with finialled ogee roofs. Tall chimneys with barley sugar decorative shafts. [...]
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House of Falkland is an outstanding example of a little externally altered mid 19th century country house by one of Scotland's leading architects and which contains an exceptional interior decorative scheme. [...]
 
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'''The House of Falkland''' is a major country house to the west of the Burgh of Falkland, now used as a school.
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==Previous uses==
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School.
  
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'''The Hiose if Falkland''' is a major country house to the west of theBurgh of Falkland, now used as a school.
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Private house.
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==Listing description==
 
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William Burn, 1839-44. 2-storey, 6- x 7- bay, L-plan, balustraded and crowstep-gabled Jacobean manor house with attached single-storey and attic servants' courtyard to NW (currently school, 2011). Sandstone ashlar with buckle quoins. Base course, band course, cornice. Bi- and tri-partite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Some narrow slit windows. Moulded architraves; some windows with strapwork window heads and aprons. Square corner turrets with finialled ogee roofs. Tall chimneys with barley sugar decorative shafts.
 
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N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical, with advanced 7-bay former servants' courtyard to right. Recessed 6-bay entrance elevation with advanced, single-storey, flat-roofed porch and additional projecting Ionic-columned porch with 2-leaf timber door and part-glazed internal door. Decorative strapwork pediment above. Polygonal stair tower in re-entrant angle. Elevation to E with strapwork pedimented upper storey windows breaking wallhead.
 
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S ELEVATION: symmetrical. 6 bays with pair of blocked segmental-arched openings to centre at ground; flanking canted bay-windows and blank outer bays.
 
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E ELEVATION: symmetrical. 5 bays, with canted bay windows to outer bays.
 
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W ELEVATION: asymmetrical. 7-bay former house to right with advanced and recessed bays. Advanced single-storey wing to left. Balustraded steps lead to off-centre, part-glazed 2-leaf timber door; bowed 4-light bay to ground at left. Canted bay to far right.
 
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Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows with leaded panes. Grey slates. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
 
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INTERIOR: (partially seen 2010): predominantly R W Schultz, 1890-1900 with some original 1840s decoration intact. Outstanding, multi-period decorative scheme with prominent Jacobean entrance hall and suite of public and private rooms in various styles. Original room lay out mostly intact with former public rooms to ground and private accommodation to upper storey; some later 20th century alteration to accommodate school. Panelled timber doors throughout. Entrance hall with decoratively carved Jacobean stone fire surround; compartmented ceiling with central dome supported by Corinthian columns. Stair to part glazed Jacobean timber screen leads to main corridor. Corridor with decorative plaster ceiling and oak panelling; timber dog-leg stair to upper floor with large, heraldic, stained glass stair window and painted tunnel-vaulted ceiling depicting the Eight Winds of Greek mythology. Number of rooms with elaborately carved plaster ceilings with pendants and decorative fire surrounds in variety of styles including one with Ionic columned canopy with overmantel. Timber panelling with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs to number of rooms, including former chapel. Some rooms with painted friezes; some with floral designs and one depicting Corpus Christi procession. Former public rooms to ground; library with timber bookcases and shell niches; painted frieze. Former boudoir at ground with full-height Mannerist style stucco plaster work with round-arched mirrors and decorative terms with fruit.
 
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Upper corridor with timber panelling and coloured plaster relief above and to ceiling, depicting birds, fruit and leaves; 3 glass cupolas to ceiling with coloured glass inserted. Former private sitting room with life-size plaster relief seagull adorning walls.
 
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TERRACES: stepped terraces to W. Stone steps with pierced balustrade and square-plan coped piers.
 
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FOUNTAINS: to E and W. Pair of ornate, stone fountains with central urns and shallow quatrefoil basins. Tall central decorative urn and central spout to that at W. Square-plan plinth with lion head spouts and basins, surmounted by large urn with water spout to that at E.
 
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"Jacobean manor of 1839&ndash;44, designed by William Burn for [[Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce]], whose wife had inherited the Falkland estate from her uncle. In 1887 it was bought by the [[third Marquess of Bute]], who, between 1890 and his death in 1900, employed R. W. Schultz to transform the interior from a display of early Victorian opulence to one of Late Victorian ideosyncrasy.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], pages 221&ndash;225. Gifford's substantial article about the house includes a plan of the main floor.</ref>
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"This mansion sits on a plateau between [[Maspie Burn|Maspie]] and [[Mill Burn|Mill Burns]] with the [[Lomond Hills]] as a backdrop. It is a good example of Burn's expertise in domestic planning presented in English Jacobean with a sprinking of Scottish detail. ... The Late Victorian interior, particularly the chimneypieces and plasterwork designed by R W Shcult, is impressive."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 89.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 25 January 2024

Building summary
House of Falkland (geograph 3053145).jpg View of the entrance
Name House of Falkland
Address Falkland Estate
Postcode KY15 7AE
Other names Falkland House
St Ninian's RC School
Date 1839
Architects William Burn
Robert Weir Schultz
See map Map C
OS grid ref NO242074
Latitude & longitude 56°15'11"N 3°13'27"W
what3words //vintages.register.swimmer
HES listing details[1]
Category: A
Reference /date LB8763 / 01/02/1972
Address/Site Name

House of Falkland Estate, House of Falkland, Including Terraces and Fountains

Description

William Burn, 1839-44. 2-storey, 6- x 7- bay, L-plan, balustraded and crowstep-gabled Jacobean manor house with attached single-storey and attic servants' courtyard to NW (currently school, 2011). Sandstone ashlar with buckle quoins. Base course, band course, cornice. Bi- and tri-partite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Some narrow slit windows. Moulded architraves; some windows with strapwork window heads and aprons. Square corner turrets with finialled ogee roofs. Tall chimneys with barley sugar decorative shafts. [...]

Statement of special interest

House of Falkland is an outstanding example of a little externally altered mid 19th century country house by one of Scotland's leading architects and which contains an exceptional interior decorative scheme. [...]

The House of Falkland is a major country house to the west of the Burgh of Falkland, now used as a school.

Previous uses

School.

Private house.

Special features

Extensions

Former residents

Further references

"Jacobean manor of 1839–44, designed by William Burn for Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, whose wife had inherited the Falkland estate from her uncle. In 1887 it was bought by the third Marquess of Bute, who, between 1890 and his death in 1900, employed R. W. Schultz to transform the interior from a display of early Victorian opulence to one of Late Victorian ideosyncrasy.[2]

"This mansion sits on a plateau between Maspie and Mill Burns with the Lomond Hills as a backdrop. It is a good example of Burn's expertise in domestic planning presented in English Jacobean with a sprinking of Scottish detail. ... The Late Victorian interior, particularly the chimneypieces and plasterwork designed by R W Shcult, is impressive."[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ There's much more in the full listing description: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8763
  2. ↑ Gifford, Fife, pages 221–225. Gifford's substantial article about the house includes a plan of the main floor.
  3. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 89.

Further images

  • An old photograph showing formal gardens

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