Description

17th century; later remodelling. Single storey and attic; 3-bay former farmhouse. Large tooled stone blocks; ashlar band course below eaves; moulded ashlar eaves course; advanced ashlar surrounds to S elevation openings; crowstepped gables; beaked skewputts.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central door; 2-pane fanlight. Flanking windows.

W ELEVATION: plain gable.

N ELEVATION: single window to each outer bay; 2 central doors.

E ELEVATION: door to far left; small central attic window.

Plank doors; replacement windows. Steep pitched roof; corrugated roofing. Coped W gable end stack.

INTERIOR: single room to E; hooks in ceiling. 2 rooms to W; fireplace with grate in SW room; panelled cupboard to left of fireplace. Fireplace in W gable wall of NW room. Central S elevation door leads into small entrance hall; central stairs with panelled doors lead up to attic directly opposite front door; panelled door to left. Single attic room open to roof; replacement collar-roof construction.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Balmule. Balmule Farm is the home farm to Balmule which is situated to the SE (see separate List) and the farmhouse is possibly contemporary with Balmule tower house. Balmule is first mentioned in Ainslie's Map as Balmule Place, belonging to Robert Moody and again on an 1828 map as Balmule Place. Versions of the name Balmule are depicted on J Blaeu's maps, The Sherifdome of Fyfe, 1654 (Balmoold) and The West part of Fife, 1654 (Bamuley). Balmule Farmhouse is depicted on the 1st Edition OS Map with a central N outshot. Sir Henry Wardlaw of Balmule and Pitreavie was chamberlain to Queen Anne, Consort of James VI in 1603 and became the King's master of works. The farmhouse is redundant at present, 2000.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17816672

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)