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


==Listings==
{| class=wikitable
! colspan=3 | HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31293 HES record for LB31293]</ref>
|-
| '''Reference:''' LB31293
| '''Date:''' 12/01/1971
| '''Category:''' B
|-
| colspan=3|  '''Address/Site Name'''
Parish Church Hall, New Road
|-
| colspan=3|  '''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.
|-
| colspan=3| '''Statement of special interest'''
Elevated site, prominent position overlooking East Port.
|}
{| class=wikitable
! 1963 listing details<ref>[[List of buildings, 1963]].</ref>
|-
| '''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
|}
==Previous uses==
==Previous uses==
Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>
Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.<ref name="occ">Information from occupier.</ref>

Revision as of 06:30, 25 January 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
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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.

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)
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