View from South South East

Description View from South South East

Date 15/4/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 713704

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 11695 CN

Scope and Content St Columba's Parish Church from the south-south-east, Church Road, Glenrothes, Fife St Columba's Parish Church, parochial centre and manse, were built in the New Town of Glenrothes in 1960, to designs by the architect Sir Anthony Wheeler (who, along with his partner, Frank Sproson formed the Fife-based architectural firm of Wheeler & Sproson). The building's plan is based on that of the post-Reformation church at nearby Burntisland and features a centrally placed altar, pulpit and font with choir and organ behind. This is the entrance front of the church with the tall bell-tower of pre-formed steel faced with wood on the left. A wooden cross is fixed to the side of the bell tower. The wooden doors are sheltered by a canopy, and the main part of the building is clad in timber with corrugated plastic fitted over the coloured glass in the upper section to protect the glass from damage by vandalism. The bell, in its tall Modern equivalent of a steeple, was rung at 9.28pm each night to call worshippers to the church for evening prayers. St Columba's Parish Church, with its centrally planned worship area, is recognised as the model for many later Modern churches. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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