Dunfermline Congregational Church, 6 Canmore Street, Dunfermline

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 12/01/1971 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Dunfermline NGR NT 09173 87383 Coordinates 309173, 687383 — John Baird, 1841. 6-bay; symmetrical; rectangular plan; Gothick church with Tudor-arched entrance and crocketed and obelisk pinnacles to principle (S) elevation. Polished ashlar principal elevation and 1st adjoining bay of each of side elevations; stugged coursed sandstone elsewhere; polished ashlar dressings. Base course and band course at cill level of windows to S elevation. Eaves band. coped gables. Splayed reveals to openings. Windows to S elevation have hood-moulds; those to side (E and W) elevations have droved long and short surrounds. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central entrance bay with flanking pilasters; each with band of pendant mouldings overlapping pedestal and niche with moulded bracket at apex. Band course wraps around entrance as hood-mould; deep moulded reveal incorporating pair of columns with foliate heads; 2-leaf panelled timber door with pointed diamond-glazed fanlight. Ogee-arched hood-mould with fleur-de-lys finial to window above; flanking blind arrowslits. Balustraded parapet to gable above cut through at apex by circular shaft with bracketed base and crocketed finial. Bracketed projecting base to balustrade and flanking pinnacle pedestals; latter with recessed Tudor-arched panels to each side. Bracketed projecting bases to octagonal pinnacles with crocket finials; miniature obelisks at base corners. Upper band course parallel to sloping roofline to flanking bays; corner pilasters to outer edges; each with pair of bracketed projecting bases at apex; upper one surmounted by obelisk pinnacle with miniature obelisks at base corners. E AND W (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: entrance beneath truncated window to pilastered s

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.