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General view from street with children in foreground
SC 2629777
Description General view from street with children in foreground
Date 1936
Collection Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2629777
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 2774
Scope and Content Post-restoration view of frontage of Greyfriars Convent (Inverkeithing Museum), Queen Street, Inverkeithing, Fife Greyfriars Convent, a House of Franciscan Friars, was founded about 1350. In 1559 it was sold to John Swinton who probably converted the old guesthouse into a house for himself, and quarried stone from the other buildings. It now serves as a museum. This is the house shortly after its 'restoration' in 1932-4. The harling has been removed, and the two forestairs have been replaced by a single set of steps which copy the style of the original. Most Scottish masonry from the Middle Ages to the 18th century was harled - covered with rough-cast cement to protect it from the weather. This would probably have been painted using locally available pigments. The results could be quite colourful. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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