Old Drill Hall
| 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 | |
| what3words | ///widget.situation.page |
| 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
- ↑ https://canmore.org.uk/site/215123/falkland-south-street-drill-hall Canmore record 215123]
- ↑ Gifford, Fife, page 221.
- ↑ Playfair and Burgess, page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.
- ↑ Fife News, 25 December 1876"
- ↑ Dundee Courier, 24 February 1877,