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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Old Town House.png|300px]] Early 20th century
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| '''Name''':
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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Old Town House
 
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| High Street, Falkland
 
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| '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7BU
 
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| '''Other names'''|| See [[Violin Shop]]; [[Campbell's Cafe]]
 
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| '''Date'''|| 1886
 
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| '''OS grid ref'''|| NO 25224 07378
 
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| '''Latitude & longitude''':
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| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
 
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| '''Listing''': Category C (re-categorised from B, 2006)
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! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31261 HES record for LB31261]</ref>
 
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| '''Listing reference''': LB31261
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| '''Listing name''': Savings Bank and Co-operative Building, High Street
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| '''Reference / date''' || B31261 / 01/12/1971
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Savings Bank and Co-operative Building, High Street
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Dated 1886. Baronial 2-storey attic and basement, crowstepped 2-gable front to Cross, circular stair tower on N and corbelled angle turret at SE; South basement window has lintel dated 17GKMN50, 17th century moulded doorpiece incorporated on north side.
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Cobbled front area to east, partly cobbled pavement on South. 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:''' || 18
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| '''Address/Site Name''' || Savings Bank and Co-operative Shop, High Street
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Baronial: 2-storey: ashlar and slate: stair tower and corbelled turret: dated 1886
 
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The '''Old Town House''' is the building in [[Falkland High Street]] containing the [[Violin Shop]] (historically Bryces's Store) with accommodation above, and [[Campbell's Cafe]] (historically the Co-op store and later Warbeck's) with [[Warbeck House]] above.
  
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The '''Old Town House''' is the building containing the [[Violin Shop]] (historically Bryces's Store) and [[Cammpbell's Cafe]] (historically the Co-op store).
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The term has also been used, perhaps erroneously, to refer to [[Falkland Town Hall]].
  
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The term has also been used, perhaps erroneously, to refer to the [[Falkland Town Hall|Town Hall]].
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The three previous buildings on the site were demolished to build it, but the tower at the north side was retained at Mrs [[Margaret Tyndall Bruce]]'s insistence. Her initials appear on a plaque.
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==Listing description==
 
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Dated 1886. Baronial 2-storey attic and basement, crowstepped 2-gable front to Cross, circular stair tower on N and corbelled angle turret at SE; South basement window has
 
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lintel dated 17GKMN50, 17th century moulded doorpiece incorporated on north side.
 
  
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Cobbled front area to east, partly cobbled pavement on South.
 
 
==Previous uses==
 
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See [[Violin Shop]]; [[Campbell's Cafe]]
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==Special features==
 
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==Former residents==
 
  
 
==Further references==
 
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"Closing the E side of the 'square' is the Old Town House, tepid baronial dated 1886. Part of a C17 doorpiece is re-used in the NW tower. On its S front, a basement window's lintel is dated 1750."<ref name="gifford">[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220.</ref>
  
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"Old Town House, 1866, on the west side of The Cross, is in Baronial garb, incorporating earlier relics."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page 87</ref>
 
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File:Old Town House 2020.JPG|The Old Town House in 2020
 
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[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]
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[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
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[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]

Latest revision as of 09:01, 23 January 2024

Building summary
Old Town House.png Early 20th century
Name Old Town House
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names See Violin Shop; Campbell's Cafe
Date 1886
OS grid ref NO 25224 07378
Latitude & longitude 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W
HES listing details[1]
Category: C
Reference / date B31261 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name Savings Bank and Co-operative Building, High Street
Description

Dated 1886. Baronial 2-storey attic and basement, crowstepped 2-gable front to Cross, circular stair tower on N and corbelled angle turret at SE; South basement window has lintel dated 17GKMN50, 17th century moulded doorpiece incorporated on north side.

Statement of special interest

Cobbled front area to east, partly cobbled pavement on South. Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006).

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 18
Address/Site Name Savings Bank and Co-operative Shop, High Street
Description

Baronial: 2-storey: ashlar and slate: stair tower and corbelled turret: dated 1886

The Old Town House is the building in Falkland High Street containing the Violin Shop (historically Bryces's Store) with accommodation above, and Campbell's Cafe (historically the Co-op store and later Warbeck's) with Warbeck House above.

The term has also been used, perhaps erroneously, to refer to Falkland Town Hall.

The three previous buildings on the site were demolished to build it, but the tower at the north side was retained at Mrs Margaret Tyndall Bruce's insistence. Her initials appear on a plaque.

Previous uses

See Violin Shop; Campbell's Cafe

Further references

"Closing the E side of the 'square' is the Old Town House, tepid baronial dated 1886. Part of a C17 doorpiece is re-used in the NW tower. On its S front, a basement window's lintel is dated 1750."[3]

"Old Town House, 1866, on the west side of The Cross, is in Baronial garb, incorporating earlier relics."[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB31261
  2. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  3. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
  4. ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87

Further images

  • The Old Town House in 2020

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