Aberdour, 28-30 High Street, West Parish Church And War Memorial
Church (18th Century) (1787), Church Hall (20th Century) (1927), War Memorial (20th Century) (1919)
Site Name Aberdour, 28-30 High Street, West Parish Church And War Memorial
Classification Church (18th Century) (1787), Church Hall (20th Century) (1927), War Memorial (20th Century) (1919)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdour Kirk Hall
Canmore ID 101237
Site Number NT18NE 68
NGR NT 19001 85320
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101237
- Council Fife
- Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Aberdour Parish Church
Thomas Hamilton
Design for steeple (unexecuted), 1826
SRO, HR 594/1, 28 Jan and 18 Feb, 1826
Aberdour Church Hall was recorded as part of the Threatened Buildings Survey on 10th May 2023. The survey was prompted by the proposed closure of St Fillan's, Parish Church Aberdour and the uncertain future of the hall. Aberdour Church Hall was built in 1787 as the new Parish Church. A simple 4-bay rectangular building with a bellcote on the west gable. As originally built it had galleries on three sides and a pulpit between the central windows on the south wall. F W Deas added the elaborate World War One Memorial to the south front in 1919. When it was decided to restore the medieval church of St Fillan (see Canmore ID 50804) the church was converted into a church hall. The conversion was undertaken by C Scott Gullen in 1927 and included the removal of the galleries.. The original galleried interior focused on a pulpit with elaborate domed sounding board was captured in a photograph SC 2504759. The building at time of survey remains in use as the church hall.
