Basic Site Details Name: | Lochgelly Free Church | Town, district or village: | Lochgelly | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | C Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Lochgelly UF Church | | |  | Macainsh Parish Church | | |  | St Serf's Parish Church | Yes | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Main Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1849 | | | Some inconsistency about the date of this church appears in HS list |  | 19 July 1857 | | Opened | Buildings of Scotland research notes give 1857; Groome gives 1858. |  | 1880 | | | New gallery, porch rebuilt, platform extended etc |  | 1884 | | | Extension to session hall |
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 |  | ___ Downie | Architect | A | 1837 | 1858 | |  | James Robertson | Builder | A | 1857 | 1858 | Acted as builder |  | James M Thomson | Architect | B | 1879 | 1880 | New gallery, porch rebuilt, platform extended etc |  | Robert Thornton Shiells | Architect | B | 1879 | 1880 | New gallery, porch rebuilt, platform extended etc |  | Shiells & Thomson | Architectural practice | B | 1879 | 1880 | New gallery, porch rebuilt, platform extended etc |  | Andrew Scobie | Architect | | 1880 | | Extension to session hall |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | |  | Houston, Archibald McNeill | 1924 | Auchterderran | | Paisley | p207 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47755 | |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Managers' Minutes and Deacons' Court Minutes | | CH3/864/2 Meeting from 5 July 1879 to January 1880; 13 August 1884 and 3 December 1884 |
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