An early red-stone house, later adapted for timber-company workers, survives with clay-and-bool additions and a store once attached to Kingston’s shipyard.
Quick facts
- Date
- Early to mid-18th century; later 18th- and 19th-century adaptation
- Architect / designer
- Unknown
- Type
- Nine-bay house with clay-and-bool rear additions and former shipyard store
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB14846)
- OS grid reference
- NJ 33974 65408
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
The long harled front runs across nine bays with irregular openings at one end and paired three-bay groups elsewhere. Chamfered margins, a graded Banffshire-slate roof and small clay-and-bool rear additions reveal several phases; a tall two-bay rubble store stands beside the road.
Its story
Formerly called the Red Corf House, the building had become dwellings for the Glenmore timber company by 1788. Rear additions appear on an 1833 map, while the separate store formed part of a shipbuilding yard by 1864.
Why it is included
Category B listing connects unusually early village fabric with the timber trade, vernacular earth construction and documented shipbuilding activity.
What to notice
- The unusually long nine-bay frontage.
- Graded local slates on the main roof.
- Small clay-and-bool additions behind the house.
Reading the surroundings
Assume both house and former store are private. Observe from the public road without entering yards or outbuildings.
Timeline
- By 1788 The Glenmore timber company was using the early house as workers’ dwellings.
- 1833 Mapping recorded rear additions behind the long frontage.
- 1864 The roadside store was documented within a shipbuilding yard.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The exact construction date, early internal arrangement and current uses were not independently confirmed.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Dunfermline House and Former Shipyard Store, LB14846 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB14846 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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