Bethelfield Church, Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 28/01/1971 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Kirkcaldy NGR NT 27831 91033 Coordinates 327831, 691033 — George Hay; 1831: hall 1897 further additions to rear 1952 and 1970. Rectangular-plan, classical, galleried Secession church and Jacobean hall. Stugged ashlar with rusticated quoin strips/pilasters and rubble with long and short ashlar quoins, and some raised margins. Base course, 1st floor cill course and cornice to S; eaves course. Round- and segmental-headed openings, keystones and voussoirs, and hoodmoulds. All openings segmental unless otherwise stated. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: broad gable end with advanced, segmental- headed, open-pedimented porch (circa 1900) to centre bay with deep-set 2-leaf panelled timber door and radial-astragalled fanlight; tall, round-headed, keystoned and hoodmoulded windows in flanking bays and deep-set panelled timber doors to outer bays. Pilastered, round-headed window in Venetian recess breaking cornice to centre above, and smaller blinded windows to outer bays; blind oculus in urn-finialled gablehead, and similar urn finials to outer angles. W (NICOL STREET) ELEVATION: 4 tall windows to ground, and regular fenestration above; 2 small wallhead stacks above. Porch of hall adjoining to outer left. E ELEVATION: as W elevation. N ELEVATION: 2 tall traceried windows flanking centre and small oculus in gablehead. Hall (see below) adjoining at ground. Small-pane timber, or multi-pane leaded glazing pattern throughout, round-headed windows with radial or intersecting arch-headed astragals. Stained glass to N. Grey slates. Coped ashlar skews and ashlar-coped stacks with cans. INTERIOR: fine interior with timber, crocket-finialled pews with cast- iron umbrella racks; raked horseshoe gallery on 10 fluted,

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.