Steps House
| Building summary | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Name | Steps House | |
| Address | West Port (formerly High Street West) | |
| Postcode | KY15 7BW | |
| Other names | Thatched Cottage | |
| Peggie's House | ||
| 52 High Street West | ||
| Date | 1751 | |
| OS Grid Reference | NO 25144 07364 | |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W | |
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| HES listing details[1] | ||
| Category | B | |
| Reference / Date | LB31264 / 01/12/1971 | |
| Address/Site Name | House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West | |
| Description:
Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation. | ||
| Statement of special interest:
Restoration work about to be put in hand. | ||
| Little Houses Scheme details[2] | ||
| Restorer: | Restoring Purchaser (1971 onwards) | |
| Architect: | NTS (in-house staff) | |
| Name and address
Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House) | ||
| Description
Category B; 18thC. 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair | ||
| 1963 listing details[3] | ||
| Number: | 53 | |
| Address/Site Name | House, High Street, west of 52 | |
| Description:
2-storey: rubble and tile: built on natural rock foundation: forestairs;· lintel IE.MG.1751 | ||
Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland.
It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.
Previous uses
Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.[4]
Special features
Falkland stones.[4]
Former residents
Walter Peggie[5]
Further references
"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now Bowriefaulds) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."[5]
"Walter Peggie (Jean’s grandfather) [a slater and plasterer] set up his workshop underneath the house on West Port now called Steps House, (the washhouse was there too, next to the workshop)."[6]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31264
- ↑ Watters and Glendenning, page 180).
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information from occupier.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Information from former neighbour.
- ↑ My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.
Further images
The lintel
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