View from east of 1 and 2 The Esplanade with the Parish Church in the background
SC 747690
Description View from east of 1 and 2 The Esplanade with the Parish Church in the background
Date c. 1885
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 747690
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 1889
Scope and Content Parish Church, Anstruther Wester, Fife (now St Adrian's Church Hall) Anstruther, a fishing town on the east coast of Fife, was once the main herring port in Scotland. The town originally developed as two separate communities, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester, which grew up on either side of the Dreel Burn. This photograph of the Parish Church at Anstruther Wester was taken c.1885 by Erskine Beveridge. The church, possibly rebuilt in 1846 by the architect, James Smith, is a plain, harled box of simple proportions. It retains its 16th-century steeple, a harled tower of four stages, the belfry stage containing pairs of small round-headed windows. At the top of the tower is a fancy balustrade in which stands a slated broach spire. The churchyard is open to the sea, with its retaining wall overlooking the estuary of the Dreel Burn. The church consists of nave and west tower. The nave has been completely modernised, but the tower remains a good example of a 16th-century bell-tower. Few details are known of the history of the church, but it may date from medieval times. In 1846 one writer stated that 'the grand old relic (original church) was remodelled into the bare little church you see today'. A re-sited stone on the south wall bears the date '1598'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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