Description

18th century. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay house. Stugged coursed stone. Painted ashlar margins; eaves course; quoins and base course.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: off-centre door; pilastered doorpiece; footscrape to right. Window to left of door; window to far right. 3 1st floor windows at eaves.

W ELEVATION: attached to Whitbank. Rear extension; ground floor window to left; pend to right leads into store rooms; 1st floor window to right.

N ELEVATION: central door; ground floor window to right; 1st floor window above door. 2-storey, flat-roofed extension to left; 2 windows at ground and 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: partially seen; 1st floor window to left; attic window to left.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Replacement glazed door to front; traditional 2-leaf rear door, timber with 2 glazed panes. Pitched roof; interlocking replacement tiles. Raised skews; corniced gable end stacks; polygonal and circular cans. NE stack to rear extension.

INTERIOR: modernised interior. Some timber panelled window splays remain and blown glass. Alcove in rear sitting room wall (1st floor E room).

GARDEN WALL

Rubble sandstone wall to N and E.

Statement of Interest

Earlier stonework to the lower section of the front elevation. This house is named after St Serf who, according to legend, lived in a hermitage on the site of the monastery and educated St Mungo/Kentigern who is said to have been born in Culross (commemorated by St Mungo's Chapel). The Abbey Church is dedicated to St Mary and St Serf. For brief history of Culross Burgh see Culross, The Cross, The Study.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804919

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)