View showing from south east including Corn Exchange and St James Church
SC 377597
Description View showing from south east including Corn Exchange and St James Church
Date 1956
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 377597
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 3931
Scope and Content North side of St Catherine's Street, Cupar, Fife St Catherine Street was developed by John Ferguson, banker and allegedly corrupt Provost, who probably hired Gillespie Graham to design the buildings. After Ferguson was bankrupted in 1817, the street was developed by architect-builder, Robert Hutchison. The Royal Hotel (right) was built in about 1835. To its left is St James Episcopal church which replaced a Georgian church in 1866. Next door is the Clydesdale bank, built in about 1830. Far left, with the steeple, is the Corn Exchange, built in 1861-2. Cupar's old tolbooth blocked access to land being developed by John Ferguson the Provost. He called a council-meeting, allegedly only inviting his friends who agreed to have the building demolished. His workmen carried out the demolition the same night. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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