Vintage Quine / Whinstone
| Building summary | |
|---|---|
 High Street front (Vintage Quine)
| |
| Name | Vintage Quine |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | ? |
| Other names | |
| Date | 18th/early 19th centuries |
| OS grid ref | NO 25192 07350 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′10″N 3°12′32″W |
| what3words | ///riskiest.wedge.answer |
| HHES listing details[1] | |
| Category | B |
| Reference / Date | LB31285 / 1/12/1971 |
| Address/Site Name | Spittal and Son's property, High Street and South Street West |
| Description:
18th/early 19th centuries crusset block. High Street frontage is early 19th century 2-storey 3-window whin rubble with sandstone dressings, 1-window west frontage at gusset; South Street West frontage is single-storey stuccoed with railed forestairs. | |
| Statement of special interest:
Narrow cobbled pavement to High Street, cobbled area to South Street West. | |
| 1963 listing details[2] | |
| Number: | 46 |
| Address/Site Name | House, South Street, at corner of High Street |
| Description:
18th and 19th Centuries: 2-storey to High Street: black whin rubble and slate: single-storey with forestairs to South Street | |
Vintage Quine is a shop in Falkland High Street, on the corner with South Street West. Google Streetview shows it with a sign saying "Library Services Scotland" in October 2009.
The upper floor, with a frontage on South Street West, is now a separate house called Whinstone (not to be confused with Whinstone House, High Street West). There is a separate article for the eastern Extension to Whinstone.
Both parts of the building were used by Spittals, ironmongers.
Previous uses
Library
Further references
"Then an early C19 block, built of whinstone, on the corner with Brunton Street."[3]
"Humouring to the irregularities of the site is a feature of traditional building. For example [...] the gusset block. early 19th century, at corner of Brunton and High Streets, fitted to shape and levels."[4]
Notes
- ↑ HES record for LB31285. Could "crusset" be a typo for "gusset"?
- ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220. South Street West was sometimes described as being part of Brunton Street.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 220.
Further images
End view
South Street West front (Whinstone)
"Whinstone" Name plaque
