Old Town House
| Building details | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Old Town House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Other names | |
| Date | 1886 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25224 7378 |
| Latitude & longitude | |
| Listing | Category C (re-categorised from B, 2006) |
| Listing ref | LB31261 |
| Listing name | Savings Bank and Co-operative Building, High Street |
The Old Town House is the building containing the Violin Shop (historically Bryces's Store) and Campbell's Cafe (historically the Co-op store).
The term has also been used, perhaps erroneously, to refer to the Town Hall.
Listing 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.
Cobbled front area to east, partly cobbled pavement on South.
Previous uses
Special features
Extensions
Former residents
"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."[1]
Pride, The Kingdom of Fife (Architectural Guides to Scotland series) page 87: "Old Town House, 1866, on the west side of The Cross, is in Baronial garb, incorporating earlier relics."
Notes
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
Gallery
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Early 20th century