Moncrief House

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Moncrief House

Moncrief House is a residential building in the Scottish village of Falkland in the Council Area Fife . In 1971, the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish list of monuments in the highest monument category A.

description

The residential building Moncrieff House was built in 1610. It has since been restored. The two-story Moncrief House is on the High Street in the center of the village near the Falkland City Hall . The north-facing main facade along the street is four windows wide. A panel embedded below a window shows the year of construction and the client. Their inscription reads: "AL PRAISE TO GOD AND / THANKIS TO THE MOST / EXCELLENT MONARCHE / GREAT BRITAINE OF WH / OSE PRINCELIE LIBERA / LITIE THIS IS MY POR / TIOVNE: DEO LAVS / ESTO FIDYS / ADEST MERCES / NICOLL MONCRIEF." House closes with a thatched pitched roof . There are gable and first chimneys. Both gables are designed as simple stepped gables .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Moncrief House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 15 ′ 12 "  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 23.7"  W.