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Session House, Newburn Parish Church

A Category B Listed Building in East Neuk and Landward, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.2195 / 56°13'10"N

Longitude: -2.8922 / 2°53'31"W

OS Eastings: 344771

OS Northings: 703352

OS Grid: NO447033

Mapcode National: GBR 2M.D466

Mapcode Global: WH7SJ.KX0X

Plus Code: 9C8V6495+R4

Entry Name: Session House, Newburn Parish Church

Listing Name: Kirk House (Former Parish Kirk), Former Session House, Enclosing Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 1 March 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349144

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15507

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349144

Location: Newburn

County: Fife

Electoral Ward: East Neuk and Landward

Parish: Newburn

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Alexander Leslie of Largo, Architect. Built 1814-15; converted to dwelling house 1970, L A Rolland & Partners of Leven, architects. Simple rectangular-plan Gothic church, with 2-stage square tower to east. Whin

rubble, with yellow ashlar long and short dressings: upper stage of tower is ashlar; pointed and hood-moulded belfry opening to each face, corbelled and crenellated parapet and faceted spire. Symmetrical south elevation: glazed former doors to outer bays, low centrally placed piend-roofed projecting vestry, below 2 blind quatrefoil panels and

flanked by 2 tall windows: all openings pointed-headed and hood-moulded with intersecting tracery. Piended slate roof with single central stack. North elevation: symmetry lost by insertion of 1 door and window,

pointed window with intersecting tracery to each outer bay group of

4 symmetrical centre windows to ground and former gallery. Slated roof. Flat-roofed, square-plan detached former session house to west is whin rubble with yellow ashlar dressings; door to east elevation. Ashlar capping blocks imitate crenellations. Enclosed by rubble-built wall with square, droved ashlar gatepiers.

Statement of Interest

Advertisement for rebuilding parish church in Edinburgh Courant Nov 11, 1813. Congregation united with Largo 1958; building sold by Trustees of Church of Scotland, 1965.

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