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1455a

1455a

General Information

  • Registration number
    1455a
  • Date constructed
    not known
  • Century constructed
    Unknown
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    A(HS)
  • Condition
    6

Address

  • Address
    Law Close Property
  • Village or town
    Kirkcaldy
  • County
    Fife
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Fife
  • Region
    Scotland

Premises

  • Accessible
    Public
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    E

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    2
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Flat
  • Recess size
    24xc.39x20
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    c.12
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    4
  • Wall material
    Stone
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2008
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • pair of projecting bee boles; projecting lintel slopes down to front; rebated for doors or boards; bases now 4 in. above ground level, but this has probably risen; there are other bee boles in this wall (1455b, 1455c); property often open to public (see Scottish Historic Buildings Trust website); photo by Addyman Archaeology & Building Historians & Archaeologists (Division of Simpson & Brown Architects).
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