Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Parish Church

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1826			Playfair design and specifications
	1913			Report prepared on church
	1923			Interior recast with new oak communion table, lectern and font

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	John Notman		B	1827		Assisted William Burn
	William Burn		B	1827		Took over from Playfair, adapting design by James Milne
	William Henry Playfair			Before 1827		Playfair withdrew from commission and Burn built present church
	Peter Macgregor Chalmers			1913		Prepared report on ventilation
	John Jeffrey Waddell			1923		Interior recast with new oak communion table, lectern and font

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Gifford, John	1988	Fife (The Buildings of Scotland)			p57
	New Statistical Account of Scotland		New Statistical Account of Scotland			volume ix, p54
	Pride, Glen L	1999	The Kingdom of Fife	2nd Edition	The Rutland Press	p194
	Walker, George W	1925	Church and parish		This may be a general book about different areas of Fife - uncertain at present	pp13-14

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	2560	Abdie Parish Kirk
	National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)	Heritors Records		HR 649/1, pp79-84 and 649/2, 10 September 1913
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Manuscripts		MS/132/3, MS/132/9