The previous post included an advert for the mid-1890s feuing of Lundin Links, to the west of the hotel. A pre-cursor to this was the preparation of the land for feuing and in 1893 the following 'miscellaneous want' notice was placed in the Courier of 11th March:
OFFERS WANTED FOR MAKING ROAD AND SEWAGE DRAINS AT LUNDIN LINKS, PARISH OF LARGO
The engineers will meet contractors on the ground to exhibit plans and point out the line of road on Monday 13th inst., between the hours of 10 and 12. Schedules and Specifications made be had, on payment of 10s 6d, on the ground, or from J. & F. Salmond, Engineers, 6 High Street, Dundee.
By the summer of 1893, adverts were appearing in papers such as the Glasgow Herald about the 'beautiful sites for villas' on the Lundin Estate. However, as the feuing plan filled up with the names of those wishing to secure a plot, for either residential of commercial uses, many of those were familiar local names, such as Bremner, Douglas, Myles, Elder, Horne, Whyte and Patrick. The very first feu to reach completion was for local joiner and builder Andrew Masterton. The 8 December 1894 St Andrews Citizen reported this as "a handsome villa, built for Mr Masterton, Largo, at Lundin Links, is approaching completion. This is the first house erected on the new feus."
The house in question was 'Westhall' on Station Road (now Links Road). See image below of Westhall standing alone on Station Road (slightly left of centre) with stone walls enclosing its gardens and the houses of Victoria Road and Crescent Road behind it.
OFFERS WANTED FOR MAKING ROAD AND SEWAGE DRAINS AT LUNDIN LINKS, PARISH OF LARGO
The engineers will meet contractors on the ground to exhibit plans and point out the line of road on Monday 13th inst., between the hours of 10 and 12. Schedules and Specifications made be had, on payment of 10s 6d, on the ground, or from J. & F. Salmond, Engineers, 6 High Street, Dundee.
By the summer of 1893, adverts were appearing in papers such as the Glasgow Herald about the 'beautiful sites for villas' on the Lundin Estate. However, as the feuing plan filled up with the names of those wishing to secure a plot, for either residential of commercial uses, many of those were familiar local names, such as Bremner, Douglas, Myles, Elder, Horne, Whyte and Patrick. The very first feu to reach completion was for local joiner and builder Andrew Masterton. The 8 December 1894 St Andrews Citizen reported this as "a handsome villa, built for Mr Masterton, Largo, at Lundin Links, is approaching completion. This is the first house erected on the new feus."
The house in question was 'Westhall' on Station Road (now Links Road). See image below of Westhall standing alone on Station Road (slightly left of centre) with stone walls enclosing its gardens and the houses of Victoria Road and Crescent Road behind it.
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