Description

Originally Romanesque c.1160, remains of chancel (N wall and SW fragment) of that date. West tower c.1200, evidently originally free-standing but designed as part of plan for rebuilt nave: rebuilding of nave implemented c.1120, 6-bay aisled with clerestory, circular piers, new chancel arch pierced at same date. Belfry stage, corbelled parapet and squat stone spire added to tower c.1500 +. North side wall

rebuilt 18th century. Nave reconstructed Robert Balfour 1815, new S. aisle wall with splayed gothic windows and wooden tracery. N. wall rewindowed in same manner, continuous roof over nave and aisles; choir shortened, much rebuilt and fitted up with gallery Wm Lees of Pittenweem 1828. Ashlar-built, slated roofs. Balfour and Lees furnishings

recently removed and interior recast.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Crail Parish Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17576076

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)