Difference between revisions of "Mercat House"
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| '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland | | '''Address''' || High Street, Falkland | ||
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| − | | '''Postcode''' || | + | | '''Postcode''' || KY15 7BU |
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| '''Other names''' || Palace Cafe;<br> | | '''Other names''' || Palace Cafe;<br> | ||
| + | Greenhouse Restaurant<br> | ||
Fayre Earth | Fayre Earth | ||
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| '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′10″N 3°12′29″W | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′10″N 3°12′29″W | ||
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| + | | '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///skills.timed.mindset skills.timed.mindset] | ||
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| + | ! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31280 HES record for LB31280]</ref> | ||
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| + | | '''Category''' || C | ||
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| + | | '''Reference / Date''' || LB31280 / 01/12/1971 | ||
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| + | | '''Address/Site Name''' || Mrs Elizabeth Crawford's premises (Richard Howden's shop) High St | ||
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| + | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' | ||
| + | Rebuilt late 19th century, gables are 18th century. 2-storey 2-window (1 Bipartite) rubble with stugged red sandstone dressings at openings, ground floor shop crowstepped; pantiled, slate skirting. | ||
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| + | | colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:''' | ||
| + | Partly cobbled area in front. Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006). | ||
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| + | ! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref> | ||
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| + | | '''Number:''' || 14 | ||
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| + | | '''Address/Site Name''' || House, High Street, at west corner of Cross Wynd | ||
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| + | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' | ||
| + | Late 19th Century: 2-storey: rubble and pantile with slated eaves: ground floor shop | ||
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Fayre Earth featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Farrell’s Hardware and Furniture Store", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations].</ref> | Fayre Earth featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Farrell’s Hardware and Furniture Store", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations].</ref> | ||
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==Previous uses== | ==Previous uses== | ||
Ice cream shop; cafe, Chinese restaurant. | Ice cream shop; cafe, Chinese restaurant. | ||
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==Further images== | ==Further images== | ||
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File:Palace Cafe.jpg|Palace Cafe c.1962 | File:Palace Cafe.jpg|Palace Cafe c.1962 | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 26 January 2024
| Building summary | |
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 Mercat House / Fayre Earth, 2020
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| Name | Mercat House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Other names | Palace Cafe; Greenhouse Restaurant |
| Date | 18th century and later |
| OS grid ref | NO 25246 07364 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′10″N 3°12′29″W |
| what3words | skills.timed.mindset |
| HES listing details[1] | |
| Category | C |
| Reference / Date | LB31280 / 01/12/1971 |
| Address/Site Name | Mrs Elizabeth Crawford's premises (Richard Howden's shop) High St |
| Description:
Rebuilt late 19th century, gables are 18th century. 2-storey 2-window (1 Bipartite) rubble with stugged red sandstone dressings at openings, ground floor shop crowstepped; pantiled, slate skirting. | |
| Statement of special interest:
Partly cobbled area in front. Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006). | |
| 1963 listing details[2] | |
| Number: | 14 |
| Address/Site Name | House, High Street, at west corner of Cross Wynd |
| Description:
Late 19th Century: 2-storey: rubble and pantile with slated eaves: ground floor shop | |
Mercat House is a house and shop in Falkland High Street, on the corner with Cross Wynd and next to Cameron House. It currently houses the gift shop Fayre Earth
Google Streetview shows it in October 2009 as "Greenhouse Chinese Restaurant."
Fayre Earth featured in the Outlander television series as "Farrell’s Hardware and Furniture Store", Inverness.[3]
Previous uses
Ice cream shop; cafe, Chinese restaurant.
Further references
"One of the shops in Falkland was an Italian ice cream shop called Valentes, where Fayre Earth Craft Shop is today. (A shop of the same name is still going today in Kirkcaldy)."[4]
"The shop that became Fayre Earth was once a village stores, where, as well as general goods and papers, villagers could have teas or coffees or the delicious ice-cream made by the Italian proprietors (the Lannis) while listening to the songs of the moment played on the shop’s juke box."[5]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31280
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ NTS: Outlander filming locations.
- ↑ "My Family" by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.
- ↑ "Memories of my family and Falkland" by Tam Garland on Voices of Fakland.
Further images
Palace Cafe c.1962
