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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5