Kellie Lodge is a building in
Pittenweem
Pittenweem ( ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
Etymology
The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish ''pett'' 'pl ...
,
Fife
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, Scotland. Located at 23 High Street, it is Category A
listed
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* Listed building, in architecture, designation of a historicall ...
.
Some of the three-storey building dates to 1590, but it was largely rebuilt and restored between 1969 and 1971.
[
An L-plan ]town house
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, it is harled
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with its margins pantile
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A pantile-covered roo ...
d. It has swept dormer
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heads and crowstep
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s, It has a front ashlar
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stair Anstruther
Anstruther ( sco, Ainster or Enster ; gd, Ànsruthair) is a small coastal resort town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth and south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther ...
tower (older than the lodge to which it is attached)[''The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century'' (1887), p. 42] and a turret stair. The rest of the frontage is in a small forecourt.[
The lodge was formerly the residence of the ]Earls of Kellie
The title Earl of Kellie or Kelly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI. It is named after Barony of Kellie in Fife, Scotland. Since 1875, i ...
.[''The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century'' (1887), p. 41]
Gallery
Kelly (Kellie) Lodge, 23 High Street (geograph 3466304).jpg, The building in 1998, looking north along High Street. The northern side of the tower has been built up against to almost flush with its façade
See also
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* List of Category A listed buildings in Fife
This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Fife council area in east-central Scotland.
In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or histo ...
References
1590 establishments in Scotland
Kellie Lodge
Kellie Lodge is a building in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. Located at 23 High Street, it is Category A listed.
Some of the three-storey building dates to 1590, but it was largely rebuilt and restored between 1969 and 1971.
An L-plan town house, ...
Category A listed buildings in Fife
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