The picturesque 17th century Gyles House on Pittenweem Harbour, Fife, Scotland. DETAILS IN DESCRIPTION.

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A sign on the house reads 'GYLES HOUSE / Built 1626 for Captain James Cook. / Cook married a Horsburgh and the house / stayed in the Horsburgh family for 300 years. / Sadly the claim that it was Cook's ship that / carried Charles II to France after his defeat / at the 1651 Battle of Worcester is a 19th / century hoax. / John Henry Lorimer, portrait painter, / restored the house in 1930, hence the / initials JHL and numerals on the gate. / Hew lorimer, sculptor, lived here / in the 1930s and 1940s.'

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Size: 4265px × 2833px
Location: Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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