Maspie House
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| Building summary | |
|---|---|
| |
| 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 |
| what3words | ///coasting.bowls.sprouted |
| HES listing details[1] | |
| Category | B |
| Reference / Date | LB31258 / 01/12/1971 |
| 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. | |
| 1963 listing details[2] | |
| Number: | 6 |
| Address/Site Name | Falkland Post Office, High Street |
| Description:
C.1830: Elizabethan-Gothic frontage: ashlar and slate | |
Maspie House is a shop in Falkland High Street, between Saddlers and St Andrew's House.
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."[3]
"The Gift Shop (former post office), early 19th century, is blatantly Gothic with timid battlements."[4]
Notes
- ↑ [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31258 HES record for LB31258
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 87.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.