Housing - St Andrews style



I love these small-scale houses in St Andrews.  The red pantiles are common in the area.  Originally they came to Scotland as ballast in ships trading from the Netherlands.
 


On a larger scale, below, one of the student halls of residence of St Andrews University.  This is St Salvator's Hall, where Prince William (and doubtless a bodyguard) made the transition from Buckingham Palace and Eton to student life. 





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  1. Beautiful buildings. Thanks for showing them.

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    1. For a small place St Andrews packs in lots of interesting buildings.

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  2. i prefer the small houses , for sure more friendly :)

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    1. They do look very cosy, don't they. I always wonder how many people live in each one.

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  3. Me again. I like the handsome and nicely finished door opening straight onto the street, and the flower box, of course. Thanks.

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    1. It's very common in Scotland to have doors opening right onto the street. You've just made me realise that!

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    1. I've been trying to find out more about the architecture, Michelle. It's a feature of villages on the East coast. The upper storey may have been used for drying fishing nets - but I'm not sure of my ground here.

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  5. Very beautiful. And thank you for the explanation of Fife's "red rooves". Who would have thought?

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    1. Obvious once you think of it, isn't it!

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  6. You are really the best travel guide, Linda. Thank you.

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    1. That's very generous, Clair. I'd like to be able to travel a bit further afield in Scotland, but time is limited just now.

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  7. I LOVE the smaller scale house!

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    1. It would be lovely to see inside, wouldn't it?

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    1. It was nice and quiet when we were there because it was university vacation, so nothing to disturb the tranquil facade!

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  9. What wonderful buildings Linda, and I love the pantiles. I never knew they were used as ships ballast. The small house is my favourite.

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    1. The pantiles still seem exotic to me, Gary, since I come from an area of Scotland where grey slate is the norm for roofing.

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  10. This is such interesting architecture Those houses do look to be cozy. How fun it would be to see the inside!

    As you know, I always find all of your pictures so interesting because it shows me a little bit more about your contry and those buildings are especially terrific as we have nothing like that here. They must be pretty old. Would you have any idea just how old they might be?

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    1. The hall of residence dates from the 1930s, although it looks older. It was modelled on Oxford/Cambridge colleges. As for the houses - you've got me there! I'll try to find out. Sometimes houses have the date they were built inscribed on them, so next time I'm in St Andrews I'll have a look and hopefully not be arrested as a suspected burglar.

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  11. I was in St.Andrews once I deduced it was just such an attractive place architecturally oh and we got a nice lunch there too. Didn't know about the roof tiles though another it of info which might be useful one day never can tell! Interesting photo of the small house.

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  12. You are so right! The Hall of residence really does look older. It would be fun to find out how old the houses are, maybe they aren't as old as they look either.

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  13. I love those wee hoosies in St. Andrews too. Very photogenic! I always used to fantasise about living in one. Do you know if the little museum is still there at the east end of North Street? It is/ was in one of those little houses and was a wonderful, cluttered, slightly eccentric mish-mash of the bits and pieces that made up the interiors of such homes in days gone by.
    Thanks for the interesting info on the pantiles: I never knew.

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