Alternative Names Hamilton Hall; The Scores; Golf Place
Site type HOTEL
Canmore ID 92222
Site Number NO51NW 136
NGR NO 50540 17031
Council FIFE
Parish ST ANDREWS AND ST LEONARDS
Former Region FIFE
Former District NORTH EAST FIFE
Former County FIFE

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Archaeological Notes

NO51NW 136 50540 17031

Hamilton Hall [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.

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Architectural Notes

Architect: J Monro, Glasgow, 1894.
(Undated) information in NMRS.

Notes and Activities

13 June 2008

SITE MANAGEMENT

Project Buildings at Risk Register BARR

Notes 4-storey with basement and attic, monumental Francois I university residence and former hotel on prominent corner site with 2 distinctive corner towers and domes, and mansard roof. Bute red sandstone. Ground floor cill course and band courses. Some segmental-headed openings; balustraded stone parapet and round-arched framing to windows of 3rd floor, pedimented dormer windows and shaped dormer gableheads. Stone transoms and mullions. When built the Grand Hotel was the largest in Fife. After de-requisitioning in 1946, the building was completely modernised and boasted a dining room for 150 people, two first floor lounges, ballroom and cocktail lounge. The manager at this time was Mr H Donington Smith. Purchased by the University, for £61,000, in 1949, Hamilton Hall is named for Archbishop Hamilton and members of the House of Hamilton. A serious fire started by a painter's blowtorch in September 1976, destroyed the N dome (formerly copper) and did much interior damage. (ref Historic Scotland)

BARR website http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/909385

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