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Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran

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Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.

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30 min–1 h
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Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB3674). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Category B Date Added 10/09/1979 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Parish Auchterderran NGR NT 21418 96008 Coordinates 321418, 696008 — 1789 transepts; nave (S aisle) and galleries added, and windows altered to lancets by William Constable 1891; Norman window (see Notes) re-sited in chancel 1891; flat-roofed extension earlier 20th century. 2-storey, cruciform-plan Church with birdcage bellcote and fleche. Dressed squared and snecked rubble with droved quoins; moulded eaves course, pointed and segmental-headed openings, hoodmould, chamfered reveals and traceried N and S windows. W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: advanced gable to left of centre with 2-leaf timber door below small-pane, pointed fanlight and decorative hoodmould, window above and tall windows in flanking bays; cross- finialled open bellcote at gablehead: recessed bay to right with 2 tall windows and lower, blank recessed bay to left. N ELEVATION: broad, ball-finialled gable with corniced, traceried window at centre and smaller window to right. E ELEVATION: advanced gable to right of centre with window (converted door) at ground over memorial stone, further window above, tall windows in flanking bays and on return to left; recessed bay to left with 2 tall windows and small lean-to structure in re-entrant angle; recessed bay to right with 3 small windows over flat-roofed extension (initialled ?RF?) with timber door and window. S ELEVATION: advanced gable with traceried window at centre, arrow slit above dated AD 1891 in gablehead. Small-pane leaded glazing throughout, some coloured; stained glass (see below) to chancel and E transept (see below). Grey slates with decorative terracotta ridge tiles; timber-louvred and slated fleche, set on diagonal, with decorative terracotta finial. Ashlar coped skews and ga

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

Auchterderran Parish Church is located on Woodend Road in Auchterderran, central Scotland. This church is a category B listed building, notable for its architectural significance within the region.

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Coordinates
56.1503, -3.2665
District
Fife
Postcode
KY5 0NE
Parliamentary constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife

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Where is Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran?
Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode KY5 0NE).
Is Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran a listed building?
Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran free to visit?
Yes, Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran is free to enter.
How do I get to Auchterderran Parish Church, Woodend Road, Auchterderran?
Drivers can navigate to postcode KY5 0NE. It sits within the Glenrothes and Mid Fife parliamentary constituency.