The Study
The Study is a residential building in the Scottish town of Culross in the Council Area Fife . In 1972 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The year of construction 1633 is shown twice on the house. In the second half of the 17th century, Robert Leighton , who was Bishop of Dunblane between 1661 and 1669 , often studied in one of the upper rooms, from which the current building name is derived. Bishop Leighton temporarily lived in the nearby Bishop Leighton's House . Due to the distant view, the room was possibly also used as a guard room. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland , The Study was restored in the 1950s. Painting work was carried out in 1967.
description
The Study is located in a square in the historic center near the Culross market cross . The three-story quarry stone building has an L-shaped floor plan. Its facades are plastered with Harl , with the natural stone surrounds being offset. A tower emerges from the asymmetrically constructed south-facing main facade on the left. Its top floor protrudes weakly. The final gable roof is designed with simple stepped gables . Step out of the steep roofs covered up with Tonschindeln pent roof dormer windows out.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on The Study in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 20.7 " N , 3 ° 37 ′ 42.7" W.