A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan’s Place) probably taken in 2015. Amy's Flower Shop, which was on the corner, closed in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Leaflet outlining the history of Sandford House.
Sandford House today, with holiday cottages on left.
The Leng Chapel at Vicarsford Cemetery, two miles south of Newport. Built on a hill, the chapel is a memorial to John Leng's first wife Emily.
Leng Chapel Inscription Panel. The Memorial to John Leng's first wife Dame Emily Leng, and also remembrance of his second wife Mary.
Detail of the ceiling in the Leng Chapel.
Lovely view of the High Street on the Winter Festival late-night shopping night, when Christmas lights are switched on and there's lots of entertainment both inside and out, depending on the weather!
In 2018, Newport and Wormit in Bloom achieved silver gilt awards in the annual Beautiful Fife campaign run by Fife Council.
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
I've always found this mural on the blocked up gable window of the house at the bottom of James Street rather intriguing. I've now learned that it was done around 1975 by four-year-old Boo Paterson (now a successful artist) and her older brother who lived in this house. They collected sea glass from the shore ...
Four amazing photographs showing the real Blyth Hall roof. In 1974 a false ceiling was installed in the hall, which no doubt helped with heating, but it hid this magnificent roof. Architect Robert Lorimer, designer of the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, and of our own Newport memorial, described this ceiling as one ...
Boat Brae parade of shops. These lovely buildings, opened in 1878, had by 2010 fallen into a terrible state of disrepair. Our Before and After photographs show the buildings before and after the amazing restoration by David and Liz Anderson who own the adjoining pier buildings. A superb example of a building brought back from ...