Churchyard, E U Congregational Church, Pathhead, Mid Street, Kirkcaldy is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1998. Graveyard.
Churchyard, E U Congregational Church, Pathhead, Mid Street, Kirkcaldy
- WRENN ID
- seventh-newel-shade
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1998
- Type
- Graveyard
- OS grid reference
- NT 286 924
- Coordinates
- 56.11988, -3.1498
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The private graveyard of the United Congregational Church in Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, dates back to the late 17th century. It is an enclosed area with gates located to the south and east.
The graveyard features a number of simple classical gravestones, many with curvilinear or pedimented heads. Notable 18th century stones include a segmental-headed memorial to Thomas Alison, dated 1746, which has a tympanum depicting a hand holding a candle-making rack, along with small flanking stones featuring weighing scales and the figure '4'. Nearby, on the southeast wall, there is a small round-headed stone for David Ramsay, dated 1758, which displays symbols related to maltsters.
One curvilinear-headed stone is inscribed to commemorate Andrew Wilson, who is noted for his connection to Sir Walter Scott and the Porteous Mob. The inscription states that he was a native of Kirkcaldy and was executed in Edinburgh in 1736.
The west wall includes a stone featuring three tigers, each holding a shuttle in their mouths, which commemorates the Speedie weavers and Robert Speedie, a manufacturer who died in 1854.
The boundary walls are made of coped rubble and include a wide arched entrance to the south, which may have carvings that are currently obscured by dense foliage. There is also a gate to the east, featuring square-section ashlar gatepiers and stepped coping, along with wrought-iron gates.
Local climate
Churchyard, E U Congregational Church, Pathhead, Mid Street, Kirkcaldy receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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