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


==Listings==
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! colspan=3 |HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31254 HES record for LB31254]</ref>
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| '''Reference:''' LB31254
| '''Date:''' 01/12/1971
| '''Category:''' B
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| colspan=3 | '''Address/Site Name'''
Falkland Parish Church High Street
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| colspan=3 | '''Description'''
David Bryce 1849. Early pointed, 4-bay rectangle with 5 bell
tower, lucarned and pinnacled broach spire: stugged ashlar,
slated.
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| colspan=3 |'''Statement of special interest'''
Ecclesiastical building in use as such.
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{| class=wikitable
! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
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1849: Gothic: oblong: south belltower with lucarned spire: ashlar and slate
1849: Gothic: oblong: south belltower with lucarned spire: ashlar and slate
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==Special features==
==Special features==
Organ by William Hill & Son and Norman & Beard, 1930.<ref name="gifford" />
Organ by William Hill & Son and Norman & Beard, 1930.<ref name="gifford" />

Revision as of 09:23, 23 January 2024

Building summary
Church and Fountain
Name Falkland Parish Church
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names The Established Church (1900s)
Date 1848–50
Architect David Bryce
See map Map T (22)
Map D (18)
OS Grid Ref NO 25242 07414
Latitude & longitude 56°15'12"N 3°12'29"W
HES listing details[1]
Category: B
Reference / date LB31254 / 01/12/1971
Address/Site Name Falkland Parish Church High Street
Description

1849: Gothic: oblong: south belltower with lucarned spire: ashlar and slate

Statement of special interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

1963 listing details[2]
Number:
Address/Site Name
Description

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. The Bruce Fountain is opposite the church.

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

1963 listing details[3]
Number: 1
Address/Site Name

Falkland Parish Kirk

Description

1849: Gothic: oblong: south belltower with lucarned spire: ashlar and slate

Special features

Organ by William Hill & Son and Norman & Beard, 1930.[4]

Former ministers

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

Further references

[...] 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. [...][4]

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