Kirkcaldy, Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy Old Parish Church, Churchyard

Parish Church, Kirkcaldy.

Although the church itself is modern, its western tower dates from the 16th century. It is oblong on plan, measuring externally 25 ¼ feet by 23 ¾ feet, and its lowest storey opened into the church through a segmental archway. The masonry is of ashlar, and shows one string-course, defining the bell-chamber. At the level of the string-course there is a central lancet-light in each wall, with a modern void beneath. The wall-head is surmounted by a parapet, borne on corbels of two members and reached by a newel-stair. Within the parapet is a later superstructure, in which hangs the bell, cast in 1553, renewed in 1707, and recast in 1916.

MURAL MONUMENT. - In the south wall of the churchyard is the mural monument of Robert White of Pourane (d. 1667) and his wife Janet Tennant (d. 1670). The husband's initials appear in the pediment of the monument. In the lower part is a large panel with an inscription in Latin, recording the burghal services of the. husband and surmounting a shield flanked by the initials of husband (Q for Quhite) and wife. The shield is parted per fess. In the upper half are the husband's arms: Within a bordure, a martlet displayed between three quatrefoils, on a chief as many quatrefoils. The lower half of the shield bears the complementary portions of the wife's blazon: Within a bordure, 3rd quarter, a boar's head erased between three crescents, and, 4th quarter, a star between three crescents. Below the shield is the motto, VIRTUTE PARTA.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 1 June 1928.