United Presbyterian Church, 1, 1A, 1B Bishopgate, Cupar

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 01/07/2004 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Cupar NGR NO 37439 14715 Coordinates 337439, 714715 — Earlier 19th century possibly incorporating earlier fabric (see Notes). 2-storey 4-bay with arched cart-bay and later single storey simple Gothic projection former United Presbyterian Church with later alterations now converted to shop, flats and part of adjacent Burnside Hotel. Coursed sandstone to principal elevation. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: penultimate bay to right with ground floor arched cart-bay opening now glazed with timber 2-leaf boarded door, half-boarded to top, bay to far right, entrance door. Bay to far left, ground floor obscured by single storey wing with simple pointed arch window openings terminating in canted bay to S (wing now part of adjacent Burnside Hotel, attached by modern addition to W). Irregular window openings. E ELEVATION: rubble-built gable with weathered 179? datestone near apex. N ELEVATION: altered, dominated by later large mirrored pair of steps set at right angles providing access to upper flats 1 and 1A. W ELEVATION: harled, entrance door to right, single storey lean-to addition to outer right. Predominantly 8-pane timber sash and case windows with horns to S elevation, variety of glazing to other elevations, modern roof lights. Grey slates. Large central ridge stack, smaller gable stacks. INTERIOR: ground floor picture framing shop, rubble walls, some iron tethering rings. BOUNDARY WALLS: low coursed sandstone coped wall to SW with square pier at either end continuing to N. To SE, low coursed sandstone coped wall with square corniced pier, rising to high rubble wall with flat coping at E. — A good townscape feature within Cupar, this building has an interesting and complex history. The Ordnance Su

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.