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File:Old Free Church.jpg|The house in 2020
 
 
File:Town Hall and U.F.Church.png|The church in the early 20th century at the end of the High Street (Town Hall on right)
 
File:Town Hall and U.F.Church.png|The church in the early 20th century at the end of the High Street (Town Hall on right)
 
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Revision as of 10:52, 1 April 2021

Building summary
Old Free Church.jpg
Name Old Free Church
Address Pleasance (or New Road), Falkland
Postcode KY15 7AN
Other names United Free Church;
Parish Church Hall
Date 1844
OS grid ref NO254074
Latitude & longitude 56°15'13"N 3°12'15"W

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

HES listing details[1]
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.

Previous uses

Place of worship (United Free Church), later a community hall from (?) 1975 to early 2000s.[2]

Extensions

Renovated early 2000s ?[2]

Further references

Prominently sited simple Gothic box built in 1844–5. Small spired bellcote with gableted openings.[3]

Notes

  1. HES record for LB31293
  2. 2.0 2.1 Information from occupier.
  3. Gifford, Fife page 218.

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