Rose Cottage

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Building summary
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Name Rose Cottage
Address balmblae, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BS
Date 18th century
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Rose Cottage is a house in Balmblae, Falkland.

1963 listing details[1]
Number: 68
Address/Site Name:

Rose Cottage and adjoining, Balmblae, extreme west end

Description

18th Century: group of weavers’ cottages forming L-plan: rubble and pantile: one with moulded doorpiece filled up

Former residents

Mr & Mrs Stewart. He was the Postman and was also a Pipe Major in the Methihill Pipe Band, he taught children to play the pipses in the evening. He also piped in the haggis at the various Burns suppers in the area, and played at the Palace on Various occasions. Mrs Stewart cleaned at the Commercial Hotel, scrubbing the front door every day.[2]

Notes

  1. List of buildings, 1963. "Adjoining" prsumably refers to Waterside.
  2. Big Book of Falkland, page 13