Description

18th century. 2-storey, 2-bay, square-plan house with rear outshot. Rendered; raised base course; raised painted surrounds to openings; raised vertical margins to arrises.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber, panelled door to right; chamfered architrave. Window to left; 1st floor bipartite window above.

W ELEVATION: small 1st floor window to right. Mid 20th century windows to ground and 1st floor to left.

N ELEVATION: partially seen. Pitched rear wing with monopitch outshot attached.

E ELEVATION: attached to 12 Halketshall.

Replacement 2-pane and 4-pane windows. Pitched slate roof; crowstepped gables; beaked skewputts. Gable apex stacks. Tiled monopitch roof to rear outshot.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.

Statement of Interest

Halketshall is situated in a prominent position in Limekilns, lining the road to Charlestown and overlooking the Firth of Forth. Halketshall is named after the Halkets who lived at nearby Pitfirrane Castle and who, in the 17th century acquired a large part of Limekilns.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56614972

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)