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| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU
 
| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU
 
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| '''Other names''' || Old Post Office; Gift Shop
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| rowspan="2" | '''Other names''' || Old Post Office
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| Gift Shop
 
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| '''Date''' || Early 19th century
 
| '''Date''' || Early 19th century
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| '''See map''' || [[Map T]] (8); [[Map D]] (24)
 
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| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25285 07427  
 
| '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25285 07427  
 
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
 
| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W
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| '''Listing''' || Category B
 
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| '''Listing reference''' || LB31258
 
 
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'''This page''' is a shop in [[Falkland High Street]].
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'''Maspie House''' is a shop in [[Falkland High Street]], between [[Saddlers]] and [[St Andrew's House]].
  
 
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! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258]</ref>
 
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258]</ref>
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| '''Reference:''' LB31258
 
| '''Reference:''' LB31258
 
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
 
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
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| colspan=3 | '''Statement of special interest'''
 
| colspan=3 | '''Statement of special interest'''
Built for Provest Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.
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Built for Provest [''sic''] Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.
 
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==Further references==
 
==Further references==
"Then, the Old Post Office, a charming early C19 toy fort, the colonetted doorpieces takn from Batty Langley."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 87.</ref>
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"Then, the Old Post Office, a charming early C19 toy fort, the colonetted doorpieces taken from Batty Langley."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 87.</ref>
 
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"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</ref>
 
"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87.</ref>

Revision as of 07:06, 4 January 2022

Building summary
Maspie House.JPG
Name Maspie House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names Old Post Office
Gift Shop
Date Early 19th century
See map Map T (8); Map D (24)
OS grid ref NO 25285 07427
Latitude & longitude 56°15′20″N 3°12′21″W

Maspie House is a shop in Falkland High Street, between Saddlers and St Andrew's House.

HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB31258 Date: 01/12/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

High Street, Old Post Office (Miss Middleton) including garden walls

Description

Early 19th century Georgian Gothick 2-storey and basement 3-window (centre bipartile) ashlar, hoodmoulded windows and doorpieces of Langley pattern, Crenellated parapet, slated.

Statement of special interest

Built for Provest [sic] Francis Deas (d 1857) father of the law lord Sir George Deas.

Previous uses

Post office, Gift shop.

Further references

"Then, the Old Post Office, a charming early C19 toy fort, the colonetted doorpieces taken from Batty Langley."[2]


"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."[3]

Notes