Old Free Church

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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.

Listings

HES listing details[3]
Reference: LB31293 Date: 12/01/1971 Category: B
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[4]
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

Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.[5]

Extensions

Renovated early 2000s ?[5]

Further references

Prominently sited simple Gothic box built in 1844–5. Small spired bellcote with gableted openings.[6]

Notes

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