Historic churches · Central Scotland
Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy
Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB36403). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Category B Date Added 08/05/1975 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Kirkcaldy NGR NT 29130 92770 Coordinates 329130, 692770 — Dated 1822, rebuilt 1958 after fire. Rectangular-plan crowstepped Tudor Gothic church; 3-bay aisless nave with 3-stage, square tower to N. Harled with droved quoin strips and dressings. Deep ashlar base course and eaves course. Pointed-arch openings; corbelled bartizans, hoodmoulds and label-stops; chamfered reveals, stone transoms and mullions. Transomed stone Y-tracery. N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Crowstepped gable with advanced tower (see below) to centre bay; tall hoodmoulded, transomed and mullioned traceried windows to flanking bays and hoodmoulded, 2-leaf panelled timber doors to outer bays. TOWER: 1st stage of advanced N face with steps up to deeply moulded doorcase with hoodmould, label-stops and 2-leaf panelled timber door below hoodmoulded and dated plaque, hoodmoulded window above; E and W faces each with small pointed-arch niche below small window. String course giving way to 2nd stage with blind oculus to N, E and W; S face abacking gable. Further string course giving way to 3rd stage with hoodmoulded, square-headed, louvered bipartite openings to N, E and W; S elevation with 2 narrow, square-headed windows; corbelled, crenellated parapet above. E (HARRIET STREET) ELEVATION: 3 hoodmoulded, transomed and mullioned, traceried windows, and small polygonal pepperpot bartizan with ogee corbel and trefoil-headed blind niche to each face at outer angles. W ELEVATION: as E elevation. S ELEVATION: lower chancel with raised centre tripartite window projecting at centre, 2 narrow windows high up in gablehead and bartizan as above at apex. Margined, diamond-pattern, multi-pane leaded glazing; S memorial window see below
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Pathhead Parish Church is located on Church Street in Kirkcaldy, central Scotland. This structure is designated as a category B listed building, highlighting its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 56.1224, -3.1415
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- KY1 2AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Sources
- wikidata: Q17806654 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy?
- Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode KY1 2AA).
- Is Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy a listed building?
- Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy free to visit?
- Yes, Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pathhead Parish Church, Church Street, Kirkcaldy?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KY1 2AA. It sits within the Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy parliamentary constituency.