Thomson's House

Thomson's House is a residential building in the Scottish town of Inverkeithing 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 owner of the residential building, which was built in 1617, was the local merchant John Thomson . It is considered to be the best preserved example of 17th century bourgeois residential architecture in Inverkeithing and is comparable to The Study in Culross . Over the centuries Thomson's House has expanded. Between 1964 and 1966 the then owner Peter Findlay had the building restored. The southern cultivation dates from this time. It is located on the site of a former theater that burned down in 1957.

description

Thomson's House is on Bank Street in the southern part of Inverkeithing, not far from Inverkeithing Friary . The pent roof extension at the rear of the two-story building, which, like the stair tower, has three stories, is unusual . The facades of Thomson's House are plastered with Harl , with the natural stone surrounds being offset. The wooden entrance portal at the base of the tower is framed in relief and crowned by a sculptured gable . In the tympanum there are the monograms "IT" by John Thomson and his wife Bessie ("BT"). Furthermore, the year of construction, the seal of the merchants 'guild and an excerpt from Psalm 127 ("' IT BT / EXCEPT THE / LORD BVLD THE HOVS THEY / LABOVR IN VAINE THAT BVILD / IT.") Can be seen. Essentially 12-part lattice windows are used. In an interior corner at the back of the building, a spiral staircase leads to the first floor.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Entry on Thomson's House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database

56.030944444444 -3.3969722222222Coordinates: 56 ° 1'51.4 " N , 3 ° 23'49.1" W.

[list-1] Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .