Cunninghame House

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 02/08/2002 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Culross NGR NS 98722 85909 Coordinates 298722, 685909 — 1846. Rectangular-plan former Free Church. Porch to S. Tooled coursed stone; rubble to N; ashlar eaves course; quoins, window and door surrounds. Droved, chamfered window surrounds. E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation; central door; corniced, moulded doorpiece. Corniced bipartite window above; chamfered stone mullions; decorative surround to cill. Narrow ventilation slit above window. Tall flanking bipartite windows; chamfered stone mullion and upper transom. Decorative detail to lintel. Flanking pinnacles to wallhead. Bellcote to gable apex; corniced base; curvilinear top; bell. S ELEVATION: 3 windows. Advanced porch to far left; central window. Door to right in right return. W ELEVATION: tall central window. Narrow ventilation slit above. Advanced left quoin stone with carved cross inscription. N ELEVATION: 4 regularly spaced windows. 9 lower panes, 6 upper panes to most windows. 20 lower, 8 upper panes to principal elevation windows. Pitched, slate roof. Raised skews; kneelered skewputts. Coped, chamfered gable apex stack to W. Pitched, slate porch roof; raised skews; kneelered skewputts; roll finial. INTERIOR: not seen, 2001. Converted into 4 flats. — According to Cunningham in 'Romantic Culross', Mr Cunninghame of Balgownie inaugurated a scheme to build the church. The church was completed in 1846 and was fully sanctioned in 1871. It is depicted on the 1860 OS map. Although converted into flats, the exterior has been little altered. The adjacent Stephen Memorial Hall was built in 1883 and was used for Sunday school (listed separately). In 1873, St Kentigern's was bought for use as a manse (see separate list).

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.