St Leonard's Church
56°04′00″N 3°27′15″W / 56.066597°N 3.454139°W / 56.066597; -3.454139
LocationDunfermline
CountryScotland
DenominationChurch of Scotland
ChurchmanshipPresbyterian, Reformed
History
StatusActive

St Leonard's Church is a congragation of the Church of Scotland located on Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline, Scotland.[1]

History

The current church replaced a corrugated iron church which had been built on the site in 1894.[2] It was built between 1903 and 1904[3] and the church hall was completed in 1908.[2] It was designed by Peter MacGregor Chalmers and built in a neo-Romanesque style.[4] It is a rectangular building with a five-bay nave, L-shaped attached church hall[2] and has a circular tower on the east end of the church.[5] A new church hall was built on the north side in 1987.[2]

It is a Category B listed building due to its mixture of Romanesque and early Christian architecture as well as the style of the tower which shares features of early Celtic Scottish churches.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "St Leonards Church - WW1". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "BRUCEFIELD AVENUE, ST LEONARD'S CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND), INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS AND CHURCH HALL TO EAST (LB26024)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Gifford, John (2003). The Buildings of Scotland: Fife (1. publ ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-300-09673-6.
  4. ↑ Glendinning, Miles; MacKechnie, Aonghus (2004). Scottish architecture (1. publ ed.). London: Thames & Hudson. p. 167. ISBN 0-500-20374-1.
  5. ↑ "View of tower, St Leonard's Parish Church, Dunfermline. | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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