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St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews Priory, Guest Hall
Guest Hall (Medieval)
Site Name St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews Priory, Guest Hall
Classification Guest Hall (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) St Leonard's School
Canmore ID 34300
Site Number NO51NW 2.01
NGR NO 51347 16579
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34300
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51NE 2.1 51347 16579
(NO 5134 1657) Guest Hall (NR) (Remains of)
OS 25" map (1914)
"The Guest Hall of this building, which Prior John White constructed about the middle of the 13th century (Scotichronicon, lib vi, cap.li), there remains only a fragment of walling between the entrances of two buildings in Pends Road belonging to St Leonard's School; it bears on one side the remains of heavy vaulting-ribs and of a built-up opening. RCAHMS 1933
The hall was found by digging to have four bays.
D H Fleming 1914
All that remains of the guest hall is a fragment of wall 1.5m thick and 4.0m high.
Visited by OS (JLD) 17 October 1956
OS (JLD) confirmed.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 May 1964
Field Visit (24 June 1926)
The Guest Hall.
Of this building, which Prior John White constructed about the middle of the 13th century (1), there remains only a fragment of walling between the entrances of two buildings in Pends Road belonging to St. Leonard's School; it bears on one side the remains of heavy vaulting-ribs and of a built-upopening.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 24 June 1926.
(1) Scotichronicon, lib. VI, cap. Ii.
