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| style="width:50%" |'''Name'''|| Old Free Church
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| '''Address'''|| Pleasance (or New Road), Falkland
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| '''Postcode'''|| KY15 7AN
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| rowspan="2" | '''Other names'''|| United Free Church
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| Parish Church Hall
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| '''Date'''|| 1844
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| '''See map''' || [[Map D]] (36)
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| '''OS grid ref'''|| NO 25476 07469
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| '''Latitude & longitude'''|| 56°15'13"N 3°12'15"W
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! Building details
| '''what3words''' || [https://what3words.com///enormous.cubed.period ///enormous.cubed.period]
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| [photo]
! colspan=2 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31293 HES record for LB31293]</ref>
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| '''Name''': Old Free Church
| '''Category''' || B
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| '''Address''': Pleasance, Falkland
| '''Reference / Date''' || LB31293 / 12/01/1971
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| '''Postcode''': KY15 7AN
| '''Address/Site Name''' || Parish Church Hall, New Road
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| '''Other names''':
| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
Dated 1844, originally Free Church. Plain gothic rectangle coursed rubble, 2-window gable front with Y-tracery and bellcote, small single-storey south verstry & c. wing.
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| '''Date''':
| colspan=2| '''Statement of special interest:'''
Elevated site, prominent position overlooking East Port.
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| '''National Grid Reference''':
! colspan=2 | 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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| '''Latitude & longitude''':
| '''Number:''' || 69
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| '''Listing''': Category B
| '''Address/Site Name''' || Parish Church Hall, East Port
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| '''Listing reference''':
| colspan=2 | '''Description:'''
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Dated 1844: oblong with Gothic belfry: coursed rubble and slate: elevated·site: originally Free Church
| '''Listing name''':  
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'''Old Free Church''' is a former place of worship (United Free Church) in [[Pleasance]] / [[New Road]], Falkland, now converted to a private house.
In the 1843 ‘Disruption’ many ministers and congregations broke away from the "Established" Church of Scotland to form the Free Church of Scotland. Falkland’s Free Church was built the very next year in an elevated position facing down the High Street. In 1929 what had become the United Free Church was reunited with the Church of Scotland, and there was no longer a need for two church buildings in Falkland. The former Free Church was used for a time as a church hall, but has now been converted for use as a private residence.


''Old Free Church''' is a former church in [[Pleasnce]], Falkland, now converted to a private house.
==Description==
Private house
==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.
Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
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==Further references==
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Prominently sited simple Gothic box built in 1844&ndash;5. Small spired bellcote with gableted openings.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']] page 218.</ref>
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==Gallery==
==Further images==
[Click on a picture to see the image full-size]
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File:Town Hall and U.F.Church.png|The church in the early 20th century at the end of the High Street (Town Hall on right)
File:FreeChurchPlaque.JPG|Circular feature inscribed "FREE CHURCH 1844"
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[[Category:Category B listed buildings]]
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]

Latest revision as of 09:50, 4 June 2024

Building summary
Name Old Free Church
Address Pleasance (or New Road), Falkland
Postcode KY15 7AN
Other names United Free Church
Parish Church Hall
Date 1844
See map Map D (36)
OS grid ref NO 25476 07469
Latitude & longitude 56°15'13"N 3°12'15"W
what3words ///enormous.cubed.period
HES listing details[1]
Category B
Reference / Date LB31293 / 12/01/1971
Address/Site Name Parish Church Hall, New Road
Description:

Dated 1844, originally Free Church. Plain gothic rectangle coursed rubble, 2-window gable front with Y-tracery and bellcote, small single-storey south verstry & c. wing.

Statement of special interest:

Elevated site, prominent position overlooking East Port.

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 69
Address/Site Name Parish Church Hall, East Port
Description:

Dated 1844: oblong with Gothic belfry: coursed rubble and slate: elevated·site: originally Free Church

Old Free Church is a former place of worship (United Free Church) in Pleasance / New Road, Falkland, now converted to a private house.

In the 1843 ‘Disruption’ many ministers and congregations broke away from the "Established" Church of Scotland to form the Free Church of Scotland. Falkland’s Free Church was built the very next year in an elevated position facing down the High Street. In 1929 what had become the United Free Church was reunited with the Church of Scotland, and there was no longer a need for two church buildings in Falkland. The former Free Church was used for a time as a church hall, but has now been converted for use as a private residence.

Previous uses

Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.[3]

Extensions

Renovated early 2000s ?[3]

Further references

Prominently sited simple Gothic box built in 1844–5. Small spired bellcote with gableted openings.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ HES record for LB31293
  2. ↑ List of buildings, 1963.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information from occupier.
  4. ↑ Gifford, Fife page 218.

Further images

  • The church in the early 20th century at the end of the High Street (Town Hall on right)
    The church in the early 20th century at the end of the High Street (Town Hall on right)
  • Circular feature inscribed "FREE CHURCH 1844"
    Circular feature inscribed "FREE CHURCH 1844"
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