Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

11 ABBEY PARK PLACELB25996

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
12/01/1971
Local Authority
Fife
Planning Authority
Fife
Burgh
Dunfermline
NGR
NT 09182 87280
Coordinates
309182, 687280

Description

Late 18th century incorporating earlier fabric; alterations (particularly in later 19th century) and extension. House; comprising 2-storey with attic and basement 3-bay main block with single storey and attic extension (originally single storey) to W. Main block of simplified classical design; crowstepped gables to both blocks. Coursed dressed partially droved sandstone rubble; harled to rear (S) elevation. Sandstone ashlar dressings. Eaves band adjoining 1st floor cills and architraved windows to principal (N) and E elevations of main block.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central entrance to main block; 20th century pilastered and pedimented timber architrave and panelled timber door. Window above and flanking windows to ground and 1st floors. Vertical margin to either side. Extension set back slightly to right. Entrance with corniced architrave to left; replacement 2-leaf panelled timber door with rectangular fanlight. Window to outer right of ground floor; small window to left. Architraved stair window to centre above. Architraved gabled dormer to each of flanking outer bays.

S ELEVATION: central architraved entrance with late 20th century glazed door. Window above to 1st floor and attic; flanking windows to each floor; those to ground and 1st floors to left are later canted ones; that to ground floor to right has had narrow flanking lights inserted. Later piended windows to attic; those to outer bays are polygonal. Extension to left has been extended on this side. 2 windows to each floor; all except that to left of ground floor are canted.

E ELEVATION: steps down to architraved entrance to centre of basement. 2 small windows to left of ground floor. Window to centre of 1st floor. Small window to left of attic.

Mainly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs; beaked skewputts where gables crowstepped. Rendered gablehead stacks with band courses to either side (E and W) of main block; corniced gablehead stack to W of extension; round cans.

INTERIOR: retains early turnpike staicase with moulded risers between basement and ground floor.

Statement of Special Interest

A building, probably original block of house, appears on the site on John Wood's map. Retains fabric (at basement level, including staircase) which may be earlier than late 18th century.

References

Bibliography

J Wood, PLAN OF THE TOWN OF DUNFERMLINE (1823).

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.

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