Free Church, West Quality Street, Dysart

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/03/1998 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Kirkcaldy NGR NT 30242 93086 Coordinates 330242, 693086 — Church 1845, Masonic Hall from 1890, converted as such 1899 by D Forbes Smith. Tall single storey, 5-bay, piend-roofed former church on corner site and in irregular terrace to W. Stugged ashlar with polished margins and quoin strips. Base and eaves courses. Architraved, pointed-arch openings. N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3 tall windows to centre bays; slightly advanced, pedimented outer bays, that to right with moulded doorcase and stepped hoodmould enclosing inscription "MASONIC HALL. PRESENTED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL OF ROSSLYN 1890", pointed-arch opening above and louvered oculus in finialled pediment; bay to outer left splayed with tall window and oculus with Freemasons compasses in finialled pediment. Pyramid-capped, rectangular louvered ridge vent to centre, and modern rooflight to right. E ELEVATION: 2 tall windows; recessed dry-dashed screen wall of rear wing to outer left. S ELEVATION: catslide roof of dry-dashed rear wing abutting eaves line. All windows blocked. Grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks with cans, ashlar-coped skews and ball and spike finials. INTERIOR: not seen 1997. — Ecclesiastical building no longer in use as such. At the Disruption, the Rev John Thomson moved to this new Free Church, which was opened on 5th January, 1845; the service was led by Rev John Alexander of Kirkcaldy Free Church. The church was used for 29 years, and was subsequently known as the Fitzroy Hall; it was given (in 1890) to the Masonic Order by the 4th Earl of Rosslyn. The Forbes Smith drawings show a timbered gallery.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.