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Title: Balfour House, Fife, Scotland - RFC00107
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Title
Balfour House, Fife, Scotland - RFC00107
Description
Rawson Family collection of glass negatives. C1890.
Balfour House stood a short distance to the south east of Milton of Balgonie in Fife. Its OS Grid Reference is 32395 00261. The house fell into disuse some time before 1950.
An entry in the Historic Environment for Scotland website describes it in 1938 as:
This mansion has been developed from a late 16th century house with an extension a century later. The latter lies to the south, the old house being the east end of the mansion. It is L-shaped on plan, the main block facing south and the wing projecting north in line with the old west gable.
But by December 1954:
The building is now a roofless ruin, rising in places to a height of approximately 10.0m. The late 16th century original structure is clearly visible, as delineated; it is of random rubble masonry.
And by 1959:
Parts of the walls of this ruin have fallen and the whole building is becoming overgrown with vegetation.
Balfour House stood a short distance to the south east of Milton of Balgonie in Fife. Its OS Grid Reference is 32395 00261. The house fell into disuse some time before 1950.
An entry in the Historic Environment for Scotland website describes it in 1938 as:
This mansion has been developed from a late 16th century house with an extension a century later. The latter lies to the south, the old house being the east end of the mansion. It is L-shaped on plan, the main block facing south and the wing projecting north in line with the old west gable.
But by December 1954:
The building is now a roofless ruin, rising in places to a height of approximately 10.0m. The late 16th century original structure is clearly visible, as delineated; it is of random rubble masonry.
And by 1959:
Parts of the walls of this ruin have fallen and the whole building is becoming overgrown with vegetation.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Rawson Family Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
RFC00107.tif
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Balfour House, Fife, Scotland - RFC00107,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/22861.
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