Lathrisk House

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Lathrisk House is a mansion near the Scottish town of Falkland in the Council Area Fife . In 1984 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

description

At the location of Latherisk House there was a previous building, fragments of which were integrated into the manor house built in 1786. Latherisk House is isolated around two kilometers northeast of Falkland.

The east-facing main facade of the simple, classicist , two-story Latherisk House is seven axes wide. The arched main portal at the foot of the central risalit is designed in the style of a Venetian window . It closes with a window and a keystone and is flanked by pilastrated side windows. Above the triplet window , the risalit closes with a triangular gable with ox-eye in the tympanum . Twelve-part lattice windows are installed along the facade . On both sides of the Corps de Logis there are single-storey pavilions with Venetian windows. All parts of the building close with slate hipped roofs .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 15 ′ 47.2 "  N , 3 ° 10 ′ 29.8"  W.