Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Fife House, Glenrothes
Fife House, Glenrothes in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Fife House, Glenrothes is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Fife House, formerly Glenrothes House, is a large office development on North Street in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It was built for Glenrothes Development Corporation in 1969, then became the headquarters of Fife Regional Council from shortly after its formation in 1975 and then became the offices and meeting place of Fife Council in 1996.
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Background
History
The site was previously farmland, with a large paper mill, known as Auchmuty Paper Mill, which had been developed by Tullis Russell and Company in the 19th century located to the northwest. Glenrothes Development Corporation, which was designated in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946, acquired the farmlands around the paper mill from Tullis Russell and Company in 1951. The west wing of the building was commissioned by the corporation, in the mid-1960s, to be its main offices and to be known as "Glenrothes House". The building was designed by the chief architect of Glenrothes Development Corporation, Merlyn Christopher Williams, in the Modern style, built in concrete and glass and was…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1972, -3.1757
- Address
- North Street, Glenrothes
- Established
- 1969
Sources
- wikidata: Q115914798 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fife House, Glenrothes (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fife House, Glenrothes?
- Fife House, Glenrothes is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1972°, -3.1757°.
- When was Fife House, Glenrothes built?
- Fife House, Glenrothes dates to 1969.