Basic Site Details Name: | St James Episcopal Church | Town, district or village: | Cupar | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Replaced earlier church of 1820-3. Carving of rood screen by Nathaniel Grieve and William and Alexander Crow from models by Louis Reid Deuchars. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | St James Church | | |  | St James the Great Episcopal Church | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | St Catherine Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1866 | 1868 | | |  | 1875 | | | Organ (by Hamilton of Edinburgh) |  | 1901 | | | Pulpit |  | c. 1917 | c. 1929 | | Altar table, reredos, rood screen and wall panelling |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | A | 1866 | 1868 | |  | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | Architect | B | 1901 | | Pulpit (executed by Whytock, Reid & Co, Edinburgh) |  | Anderson Simon & Crawford | Architectural practice | B | 1901 | | Pulpit - Anderson responsible (executed by Whytock, Reid & Co, Edinburgh) |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | C | 1917 | 1929 | Altar table, reredos, rood screen and wall panelling |  | John Fraser Matthew | Architect | C | 1917 | 1931 | Altar table, reredos, rood screen and wall panelling |  | Lorimer & Matthew | Architectural practice | C | 1927 | 1931 | Altar table, reredos, rood screen and wall panelling (begun before change of practice title to Lorimer & Matthew) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Gilroy, Mrs | Client for reredos and panelling |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p162 |  | Lye, Margaret | 2010 | A Guide to Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane | | Margaret Lye/Lulu | p65-67 |  | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p107 |  | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p 179 |  | Scottish Episcopal Church Yearbook | 1866 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect | 1901 | LXVI | | p 304 |  | Scottish Guardian | 24 December 1875 | X | | p 350 |  | Scottish Guardian | 8 November 1901 | XXXI | | p 714 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 24169 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Buildings of Scotland Research Notes (for published volumes) | | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR C/23 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Fraser Matthew: F no2945 (box 14) |  | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 31589 | |  | St James Cupar | St James Cupar Vestry Minutes | | |
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