Moncrief House

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Building summary
Moncrief House, Falkland (geograph 5336150).jpg
Name Moncrief House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BZ
Date 1610
See map Map T (2)
OS grid ref NO 25340 07414
Latitude & longitude 56°15′12″N 3°12′24″W

Moncrief House (or Moncreif House or Moncrieff House), is a house on the ssouth side of Falkland High Street, between The Bruce Inn and Ladieburn Cottage.

Former residents

Nicol Moncrief was King's Averiman.[1]

Further references

"Moncrief House, dated 1610 on the door lintel, built for James VI's servant Nicol Moncrief. ..."[2]

"Moncreif House, High Street, 1610, is the only remaining thatched house in Falkland. ..."[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ (this word seems not to be found in standard Scottish dictionaries).
  2. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 219.
  3. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.

Further images

  • The panel

  • Moncrief House (and the Bruce Inn) showing small front garden

  • The lintel

  • View from Falkland Palace battlements

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