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| '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7BW | | '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7BW | ||
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| − | | '''Other names || Thatched Cottage | + | |rowspan="3" |'''Other names || Thatched Cottage |
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| + | |Peggie's House | ||
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| + | |52 High Street West | ||
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| '''Date'''|| 1751 | | '''Date'''|| 1751 | ||
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| − | | '''OS Grid Reference'''|| | + | | '''OS Grid Reference'''|| NO 25144 07364 |
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| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W | | '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W | ||
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| − | | | + | ! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31264 HES record for LB31264]</ref> |
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| − | | ''' | + | | '''Category''' || B |
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| − | + | | '''Reference / Date''' || LB31264 / 01/12/1971 | |
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| − | | '''Address/Site Name''' | + | | '''Address/Site Name''' || House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West |
| − | House (National Trust, Empty in 1971), High Street West | ||
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| − | | '''Description''' | + | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' |
| − | Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation. | + | Dated IEMG 1751 at lintel 2-storey rubble-built with margins, forestairs; Roman tiled in 1971. Built on natural rock foundation. |
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| − | |'''Statement of special interest''' | + | | colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:''' |
Restoration work about to be put in hand. | Restoration work about to be put in hand. | ||
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| + | ! colspan=2 | Little Houses Scheme details<ref name=LHIS>[[Watters and Glendenning]], page 180).</ref> | ||
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| + | | '''Restorer:''' || Restoring Purchaser (1971 onwards) | ||
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| + | | '''Architect:''' || NTS (in-house staff) | ||
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| + | | colspan=2 | '''Name and address''' | ||
| + | Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House) | ||
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| + | | colspan=3 | '''Description''' | ||
| + | Category B; 18thC. 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair | ||
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| + | ! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref> | ||
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| + | | '''Number:''' || 53 | ||
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| + | | '''Address/Site Name''' || House, High Street, west of 52 | ||
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| + | | colspan=2 | '''Description:''' | ||
| + | 2-storey: rubble and tile: built on natural rock foundation: forestairs;· lintel IE.MG.1751 | ||
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| − | + | __NOTOC__ | |
| + | '''Steps House''' is a private house in [[West Port]], Falkland. | ||
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| + | It was restored in 1971 onwards by the National Trust for Scotland under the [[Little Houses Improvement Scheme]]. | ||
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==Previous uses== | ==Previous uses== | ||
Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref> | Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref> | ||
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"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now [[Bowriefaulds]]) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."<ref name=nbr /> | "Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now [[Bowriefaulds]]) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."<ref name=nbr /> | ||
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| − | 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).<ref>[https://voicesoffalkland.com/jean-small My Family by Jean Small] on ''Voices of Falkland''.</ref> | + | "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)."<ref>[https://voicesoffalkland.com/jean-small My Family by Jean Small] on ''Voices of Falkland''.</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Further images== |
| − | + | <gallery mode=packed style="text-align:left"> | |
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File:Steps House 3.JPG|The lintel | File:Steps House 3.JPG|The lintel | ||
File:Steps House 2.JPG|[[Little Houses Scheme]] badge | File:Steps House 2.JPG|[[Little Houses Scheme]] badge | ||
Latest revision as of 07:43, 25 January 2024
| 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 | |
| what3words | ||
| 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
Little Houses Scheme badge
