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Latitude: 56.2802 / 56°16'48"N
Longitude: -2.6077 / 2°36'27"W
OS Eastings: 362470
OS Northings: 709913
OS Grid: NO624099
Mapcode National: GBR 2Z.882S
Mapcode Global: WH8TL.XDDW
Plus Code: 9C8V79JR+3W
Entry Name: Balcomie Farmsteading
Listing Name: Balcomie Castle, Including Farmhouse and Steading
Listing Date: 24 November 1972
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 335577
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB4327
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200335577
Location: Crail
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: East Neuk and Landward
Parish: Crail
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: Farmstead
Begun after 1526. Large quadrangular complex comprising:-
SOUTH RANGE, ORIGINAL MAIN TOWER HOUSE BLOCK:- 4-storey
with towers SW and SE, later outshot with vaulted ground
floor between them, about 100' long. Only W section and
SW 5-storey tower with 2-storey angle turrets (roofs cut
to slope of main roof 18th or early 19th century) remains
fairly entire but largely unfloored; remainder very
fragmentary, ground floor only remaining. Later 16th
century character, rubble-built with moulded openings,
gun loops in some window breasts, surviving parts slated.
EAST RANGE AND GATEHOUSE:- Late 16th,17th and early/mid
18th century; reduced and altered farm buildings early
19th century. Gatehouse dated 1602, now of 2-storeys only,
evidently originally higher entrance section has segmental
pend arch with 3 fine armorial panels above, moulded
openings; section to north of it 18th century, 2-storey
4-window with pend arch; slated; remainder much rebuilt
as farm buildings iron columned and partiled lean-to
cartshed applied to southern northern parts rebuilt as
steading.
WEST RANGE (FARMHOUSE):- Circa 1765/75. Georgian wing
probably built by General Scott retained as farmhouse in
early 19th century demolition and reconstruction. 3-storey,
3-window and 3-window bow at S end main part, bowed porch
in N angle of bow, droved ashlar, piended slated roof;
northern section 2-storey, 4-window at ground floor,
5-window at 1st, droved ashlar, slated. Original woodwork. FARMSTEADING:- single-storey pantiled at north end of
complex, pantiled, polygonal horsemill.
Built originally by the Learmonths to whom the lands were
granted in feu farm in 1526. Passed to Sir William Gordon
of Lesmoir 1696, to the hopes by purchase 1705, purchased
by General Scot of Scotstarvit shortly after 1763, west
range evidently built or rebuilt by him; largely unoccupied
after his death in 1775 when purchased by the Earl of Mar
and Kellie; fell into disrepair and partially demolished
and reconstructed as farm early in 19th century.
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