St Drostan's Parish Church, Markinch

Heritage listing

Category A Date Added 24/11/1972 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Burgh Markinch NGR NO 29745 01967 Coordinates 329745, 701967 — Norman Tower, circa 1200. Church (rebuilt) executed and probably designed by Thomas Barclay 1786-88; James Barclay re-design of octagonal spire, and N aisle added, executed by Thomas and George Barclay 1806; internal gallery replaced by Alexander Leslie 1807; session house at E Robert Hutchison 1839; N aisle stone vault and stairtowers added, and probably S wall pulpit by James Gillespie 1883-4; internal improvements and organ chamber Gillespie & Scott 1913; tower underpinned and lancets re-opened 1929. TOWER: 4-stage tower with later octagonal spire, almost square-plan (16? NS x 17? EW). Coursed, dressed and squared large rubble blocks (near cubic) with ashlar dressings. Chamfered coping to deep base course, dividing string courses with lozenge detail (much eroded) and later corbelled wallhead cornice and parapet. Round-headed doors and small lancets, keystone, voussoirs and stone mullions. 1ST STAGE: W face with 2-leaf boarded timber door and semicircular plate glass fanlight off-centre right in round-headed, keystoned doorway (alteration) surmounted by small arrow-slit, lancet to left below string course. Original entrance, small round-headed door to right of centre above ground to N. Later lean-to dog-leg stairtower in re-entrant angle to S with boarded timber door to W and stair windows to S and W. E face adjoining church. 2ND STAGE: lancets off-centre right to W and S; N face with small opening to right over string course with similar opening directly above. E face adjoining adjoining church. 3RD STAGE: W face with 3 irregularly displaced small openings near base and lancet off-centre right above, further small opening to lef

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.