Lindisfarne was another house built during the late 1890s feuing of the west of Lundin Links. This house followed soon after the completion of the first feu (Westhall). The large plot had been reserved in the name of 'Whyte' and occupied the easterly corner of Crescent Road and Station Road. This may have been John Whyte who retired from the farming of Lundin Mill Farm in 1896, however, he had moved to Cupar by 1898. A number of different families lived in the house in its early years.
Eventually the house was converted into a boarding house, with several rooms available, including a few on the attic floor. This was likely done in 1929, as the Fife Free Press of 4 May that year reported that Lindisfarne was to be taken over by "Mr and Mrs Mitchell, of the Lundin Golf Club, as a boarding house". The advert above dates from the 1930s and emphasises the proximity to the golf course. David Mitchell, familiarly known as "Biff", who was also clubmaster at Lundin Golf Club, died in 1935. Soon afterwards, Lindisfarne Boarding House was taken over by Mrs Janet Gillespie. During World War Two, Polish soldiers were billeted at Lindisfarne and Mrs Gillespie's daughter married one of them. Soon after the war, Lindisfarne ceased to be a boarding house and was later converted into two separate dwellings - the ground floor flat retaining the name of Lindisfarne, with access from Links Road (see photograph below). The upper floors comprised a second dwelling, with access from Crescent Road - named 'Glenartney'.
Eventually the house was converted into a boarding house, with several rooms available, including a few on the attic floor. This was likely done in 1929, as the Fife Free Press of 4 May that year reported that Lindisfarne was to be taken over by "Mr and Mrs Mitchell, of the Lundin Golf Club, as a boarding house". The advert above dates from the 1930s and emphasises the proximity to the golf course. David Mitchell, familiarly known as "Biff", who was also clubmaster at Lundin Golf Club, died in 1935. Soon afterwards, Lindisfarne Boarding House was taken over by Mrs Janet Gillespie. During World War Two, Polish soldiers were billeted at Lindisfarne and Mrs Gillespie's daughter married one of them. Soon after the war, Lindisfarne ceased to be a boarding house and was later converted into two separate dwellings - the ground floor flat retaining the name of Lindisfarne, with access from Links Road (see photograph below). The upper floors comprised a second dwelling, with access from Crescent Road - named 'Glenartney'.
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