Description

18th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay house. White harling; black painted moulded eaves course, architraves to openings and vertical margins to arrises.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central replacement door; flanking windows; 3 1st floor windows centred above.

W ELEVATION: attached to 12 Halketshall.

N ELEVATION: rear outshot; not seen, 2000.

E ELEVATION: ground and 1st floor windows to left. Lower pivot hinge to ground floor window remains.

Replacement 2-pane timber sash and case windows; 2 rooflights to front. Pitch roof; grey slate; diminishing courses; lead ridge; crowsteps to W; kneelered gable to E; moulded skewputts. Gable apex stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.

Statement of Interest

Halketshall is situated in a prominent position in Limekilns, lining the road to Charlestown and overlooking the Firth of Forth. Halketshall is named after the Halkets who lived at nearby Pitfirrane Castle and who, in the 17th century acquired a large part of Limekilns.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17816247

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014