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| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7AT
| '''Postcode''' || KY15 7AT
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| rowspan="2" |'''Other names''' || Drill Hall
| rowspan="4" |'''Other names''' || Drill Hall
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|Burgher Chapel
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|Independent Chapel
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|Industrial Chapel
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| '''Date''' || 1830
| '''Date''' || 1830
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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.
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!Canmore listing details<ref>https://canmore.org.uk/site/215123/falkland-south-street-drill-hall Canmore record 215123]</ref>
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| '''Address/Site Name'''
Falkland, South Street, Drill Hall
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| '''Classification'''
Chapel (19th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), House (20th Century)(Possible)
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|'''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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==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Chapel, drill hall.
Chapel, drill hall.
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"... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221.</ref>
"... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221.</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>
"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>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 16:55, 8 April 2024

Building summary
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
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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

  1. ↑ https://canmore.org.uk/site/215123/falkland-south-street-drill-hall Canmore record 215123]
  2. ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 221.
  3. ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.
  4. ↑ Fife News, 25 December 1876"
  5. ↑ Dundee Courier, 24 February 1877,
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