Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

CULROSS, TANHOUSE BRAE, SNUFF COTTAGE INCLUDING GARDEN WALLLB24051

Status: Designated

Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Category
B
Date Added
12/06/1972
Local Authority
Fife
Planning Authority
Fife
Burgh
Culross
NGR
NS 98741 86011
Coordinates
298741, 686011

Description

Dated 1763; 1950's rear additions. 2-storey, 3-bay house; garage to N. Round-headed door and central window. Blue coloured render; stone surrounds to door and windows; moulded eaves course.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation; central door; segmental arched, blocked door surround; keystone and imposts. Threshold stepping stone over open street drain. Window to right and left. Round-headed window above door; blocked surround; keystone. Inscription around window reads, 'Wha wad ha' thoct it 1763 WC'. Flanking windows hug eaves, centred above ground floor windows. Redundant curved skewputt to right. Garage to left, (single storey to W); garage door to left; window to right.

N ELEVATION: plain gable.

E ELEVATION: exposed rubble wall. Modern glazed doors to left; modern flat-roofed dormer window above. Small 1st floor window to centre; flat-roofed dormer window to right. Advanced timber and stone extension to right; door and window to right return; window to left and left return. Advanced timber boarded porch to left of extension; glazed door. Redundant curved skewputt to far left. Garage to right; window to left; advanced section to right; central window; steps lead to door in right return. Archway at ground floor to right; recessed doors in arch.

S ELEVATION: attached to Preston View.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; horns to 1st floor windows. Lattice glazing to round-headed window; central bullseye. Principal elevation, ground floor windows rebated for shutters; shutter hinge pins remain. Replacement windows to rear. Rooflight to W. 2-leaf timber door. Pitched roofs; clay pantiles. Crowstepped gable to N to workshop/garage; kneelered gables to house. Gable apex stacks.

INTERIOR: modern interior. Metal door pin to secure narrower section of entrance door remains.

GARDEN WALL

Tall rubble wall to N.

Statement of Special Interest

The line 'Wha wad ha' thoct it' is supposed to have been completed by an inscription on another snuff-maker's house in Edinburgh which read 'Noses wad ha bought it'. This saying is reputed to have come from a comment made by the Lord Advocate, Henry Erskine, directed at James Gillespie of Spylaw House, Colinton, Edinburgh (an Edinburgh tobacco and snuff merchant, later the founder of Gillespie's Hospital). The redundant skewputts of Snuff Cottage indicate that the house was originally single storey, perhaps 17th century (Gifford). The garage has been partly converted into a kitchen and may have been the snuff maker's workshop. The rear extensions were added in the 1950's for a former occupant, Mrs Boston. The ironwork to the rear kitchen window bears her initials and is dated 1958. For brief history of Culross Burgh see Culross, The Cross, The Study.

References

Bibliography

1:2500 OS Perthshire Map, CXLII.8, 1860; D Beveridge, CULROSS & TULLIALLAN, Vol I, 1885, p117; A Smith, THE THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND, THE COUNTY OF FIFE, 1952, pp402-413; B Walker, G Ritchie, FIFE AND TAYSIDE, 1987, pp59-60; J Gifford, FIFE, THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND SERIES, 1988, pp49, 154; R Lamont-Brown, DISCOVERING FIFE, 1988, pp50-52; C Mair, MERCAT CROSS AND TOLBOOTHS, 1988, p31; G Pride, THE KINGDOM OF FIFE, AN ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, 1990, p29; The National Trust for Scotland, CULROSS, 1999, p21; additional information courtesy of the owner and Mrs Ann Macdonald, 2001.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.

Images

There are no images available for this record, you may want to check Canmore for images relating to CULROSS, TANHOUSE BRAE, SNUFF COTTAGE INCLUDING GARDEN WALL

There are no images available for this record.

Search Canmore

Printed: 28/03/2024 15:58