Falkland Parish Church

Building details
Name	Falkland Parish Church
Address	High Street, Falkland
Postcode	KY15 7BU
Other names	The Established Church (1900s)
Date	1848–50
Architect	David Bryce
National Grid Reference	NO252074
Latitude & longitude	56°15'12"N 3°12'29"W
Listing	Category B
Listing reference	LB31254
Listing name	Falkland Parish Church High Street

Falkland Parish Church is a Church of Scotland place of worship, and one of the most prominent buildings in Falkland, situated on the north side of the High Street.

Paid for by Mr & Mrs Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce, replacing an earlier church on the site.

Listing description

David Bryce 1849. Early pointed, 4-bay rectangle with 5 bell tower, lucarned and pinnacled broach spire: stugged ashlar, slated.

Special features

Organ by William Hill & Son and Norman & Beard, 1930.

Former ministers

• 1898–1912: Rev. A. Lyon Johnston
• 1912 onwards:Rev. J. K. Russell

Further references

• Gifford, Fife, page 218. "... Very competent, but the grey stone's texture makes it unlovable. Standard mid-C19 Presbyterian rectangle, the bulk disguised by gableted buttresses. Against the S gable, steeple with a lucarned spire, its profile a distinctive feature of the town seen from a distance. Impressive interior. ..."

Gallery

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  Church and fountain
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  Interior, possibly 1930s