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248 High Street, Leslie

A Category B Listed Building in Leslie, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.2026 / 56°12'9"N

Longitude: -3.2095 / 3°12'34"W

OS Eastings: 325056

OS Northings: 701767

OS Grid: NO250017

Mapcode National: GBR 27.FBWG

Mapcode Global: WH6RF.NCVC

Plus Code: 9C8R6Q3R+25

Entry Name: 248 High Street, Leslie

Listing Name: 242 and 248 High Street with Boundary Wall, Railings and Outbuilding (Former House) to Rear

Listing Date: 22 December 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382373

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37316

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Leslie, 248 High Street

ID on this website: 200382373

Location: Leslie

County: Fife

Town: Leslie

Electoral Ward: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. Single storey with part-basement and attic, 3-bay cottage on falling ground to W, adjoining irregular terrace at W. Squared and coursed Aberdeen Bond whinstone with contrasting finely droved ashlar long and shortwork quoins and eaves course; snecked rubble to E and S.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Deep-set panelled door at centre with 2-pane fanlight, with windows in flanking bays, tile-hung piended dormers over outer bays, 2 narrow windows in basement to right.

E ELEVATION: small window opening in gablehead.

S ELEVATION: door to right of centre with window at outer right, 3 windows to left; 2-bay part-basement with door to right and window to left.

12-pane glazing pattern in uPVC windows with small-pane glazing in sash and case windows to rear and in front basement. Red pantiles with ashlar coped skews and cavetto coped gablehead stacks.

RAILINGS: decorated ironwork railings to front with pal stones at E corner and at house. Coped whinstone rubble wall to rear E.

OUTBUILDING: to rear of property, 18th century, doubled in size in earlier to mid 19th century (contemporary with street front house). 2-storey on falling ground with part-basement to N, irregular plan with pend. Random whinstone rubble with large lintels and small window openings. Red pantiles, ashlar skews and coped ashlar gablehead stacks, ashlar and brick stack to S.

Statement of Interest

Outbuilding of particular interest, good survival of urban vernacular. The land originally belonged to the Bingartree House estate, and the outbuilding served as 3 dwellings, presumably 244 and 246, until condemned in 1959. A piece of wood built into a cupboard of the new house bears the writing "George Gibson 1854", this gentleman being the owner at the time.

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