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− | | '''Other names''' || | + | | rowspan="4" |'''Other names''' || Drill Hall |
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+ | | '''Date''' || 1830 | ||
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+ | | '''See map''' || [[Map D]] (44) | ||
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+ | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 2545 0726 | ||
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+ | | '''Address/Site Name'''||Falkland, South Street, Drill Hall | ||
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+ | | colspan="2" |'''Classification''' | ||
+ | Chapel (19th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), House (20th Century)(Possible) | ||
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+ | |colspan="2"| '''World War One Audit of Surviving Remains''' | ||
+ | A drill hall is marked on the 2nd and 3rd epoch OS 1:2500 maps of the town, the latter surveyed in 1912-13. The building was previous annotated as an 'Independent Chapel' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The hall is not included in Osborne's (2006) drill hall survey and it is not known which unit used it. Now converted into two semi-detached houses. Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 23 October 2013. | ||
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The '''Old Drill Hall''' is a former chapel, then drill hall, in [[South Street]], Falkland, now converted into two private houses. | The '''Old Drill Hall''' is a former chapel, then drill hall, in [[South Street]], Falkland, now converted into two private houses. | ||
==Previous uses== | ==Previous uses== | ||
+ | Chapel, drill hall. | ||
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− | <ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page | + | "... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221.</ref> |
− | <ref>[[ | + | "Drill Hall. Originally a Burgher chapel (a Presbyterian denomination originating in the 18th century). Now two private houses. Treasurer; Andrew Lister."<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.</ref> |
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+ | "We understand that Captain Cusin has purchased the Independent Chapel with the view of converting it into a drill hall for the volunteers. The building will have to undergo a thorough repair, and some additions will be made for it."<ref>''Fife News'', 25 December 1876"</ref> | ||
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+ | "Sometime ago it was stated that the building formally known as the Industrial Chapel had been purchased by the Volunteer Company for a drill hall. Workmen are now busy renovating the old building, and otherwise making it suitable for the purpose for which it was intended. It is proposed also to have a sort of reading room in connection with the hall for the use of members."<ref>''Dundee Courier'', 24 February 1877,</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 8 April 2024
Building summary | |
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Name | 1 and 2, The Old Drill Hall |
Address | South Street, Falkland |
Postcode | KY15 7AT |
Other names | Drill Hall |
Burgher Chapel | |
Independent Chapel | |
Industrial Chapel | |
Date | 1830 |
See map | Map D (44) |
OS grid ref | NO 2545 0726 |
Latitude & longitude | |
what3words | ///widget.situation.page |
Canmore listing details[1] | |
Address/Site Name | Falkland, South Street, Drill Hall |
Classification
Chapel (19th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), House (20th Century)(Possible) | |
World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
A drill hall is marked on the 2nd and 3rd epoch OS 1:2500 maps of the town, the latter surveyed in 1912-13. The building was previous annotated as an 'Independent Chapel' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The hall is not included in Osborne's (2006) drill hall survey and it is not known which unit used it. Now converted into two semi-detached houses. Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 23 October 2013. |
The Old Drill Hall is a former chapel, then drill hall, in South Street, Falkland, now converted into two private houses.
Previous uses
Chapel, drill hall.
Further references
"... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."[2] "Drill Hall. Originally a Burgher chapel (a Presbyterian denomination originating in the 18th century). Now two private houses. Treasurer; Andrew Lister."[3]
"We understand that Captain Cusin has purchased the Independent Chapel with the view of converting it into a drill hall for the volunteers. The building will have to undergo a thorough repair, and some additions will be made for it."[4]
"Sometime ago it was stated that the building formally known as the Industrial Chapel had been purchased by the Volunteer Company for a drill hall. Workmen are now busy renovating the old building, and otherwise making it suitable for the purpose for which it was intended. It is proposed also to have a sort of reading room in connection with the hall for the use of members."[5]
Notes
- ↑ https://canmore.org.uk/site/215123/falkland-south-street-drill-hall Canmore record 215123]
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 221.
- ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.
- ↑ Fife News, 25 December 1876"
- ↑ Dundee Courier, 24 February 1877,