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Revision as of 14:32, 11 January 2021
| Building details | |
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| Name | Fountain House |
| Address | High Street, Falkland |
| Postcode | KY15 7BU |
| Date | 1735 |
| OS grid ref | NO 25225 7395 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′11″N 3°12′30″W |
| Listing | Category B |
| Listing ref | LB31260 |
Fountain House is a house in Falkland High Street, between the Old Town House and the Parish Church, now used as holiday accommodation.
It was restored under the Little Houses Improvement Scheme.
| HES listing details[1] |
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| Address/Site Name
Fountain House, High Street |
| Description
Dated 1735 at lintel, 2-storey 3-window harled with margins, slated; corbelled corner and grotesque head skewputt; slated. |
| Statement of special interest
Cobbled area in front. |
Previous uses
Private house.
Former residents
Further references
"In the NW corner of this 'square', the drydashed Fountain House look C18, but its corbelled SW corner suggests that i may be the remodelling of an earlier house; in the W gable, an inset stone dated 1690 [2]
"Fountain House, The Cross, 1735, was later remodelled. Note grotesque on skewputt.[3]
Notes
- ↑ HES
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 220.
- ↑ Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
Gallery
[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]
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Fountin House in 2020 -
Fountain House in 1964 (Canmore image SC01549369.jpg)
