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 7364 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15'10"N 3°12'34"W |
Steps House is a private house in West Port, Falkland. It was restored in 1970 [check date] by the National Trust for Scotland under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.[1] and was described at that time as "Thatched Cottage (also Peggie's House)." – 2-storey; 3-bay with centre door; harled with stone margins; pantiled roof; forestair".
| HES listing details[2] | ||
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| Reference: LB31264 | Date: 01/12/1971 | Category: B |
| 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. | ||
Previous uses
Weaving ? Workshop 1970s.[3]
Special features
Falkland stones.[3]
Former residents
Walter Peggie[4]
Further references
"Walter Peggie owned Steps House and the house next door (now Bowriefaulds) he used them as storage workshop and lime works."[4]
"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)."[5]
Notes
- ↑ Diane Watters and Miles Glendenning, Little Houses; The National Trust for Scotland's Improvement Scheme for Small Historic Homes (RCAHMS and NTS, 2006, page 80),
- ↑ HES record for LB31264
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information from occupier.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information from former neighbour.
- ↑ My Family by Jean Small on Voices of Falkland.
Further images
The lintel
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