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==Further references==
 
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"... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221.</ref>
 
"... the old Burgher Chapel, a rubble box with round-arched windows, dated 1830."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 221.</ref>
"Drill Hall. Originally a Burgher chapel (a Presbyterian denomination originating in the 18th century). Now two private houses. Treasurere; Andrew Lister."<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.</ref>
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"Drill Hall. Originally a Burgher chapel (a Presbyterian denomination originating in the 18th century). Now two private houses. Treasurer; Andrew Lister."<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 13:27, 2 January 2022

Building summary
Old Drill Hall.JPG
Name 1 and 2, The Old Drill Hall
Address South Street, Falkland
Postcode KY15 7AT
Other names Drill Hall
Burgher Chapel
Date 1830
See map Map D (44)
OS grid ref NO 2545 0726
Latitude & longitude

The Old Drill Hall is a former chapel, then drill hall, in South Street, Falkland, now converted into two private houses.

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.

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]

Notes

  1. https://canmore.org.uk/site/215123/falkland-south-street-drill-hall Canmore record 215123]
  2. Gifford, Fife, page 221.
  3. Playfair and Burgess, page 451. The book contains many references to the Drill Hall being used for dances, public meetings, and a lecture series.