Priory Lane Christian Centre And Link Church, 39 Priory Lane, Dunfermline

The Priory Lane Christian Centre and Link Church, built in 1913, originally served as a Masonic lodge, designed by Crawford and Fraser of Dunfermline. It is a two-story building with a basement, set into a sloping site, and features extensions to the south and southeast. The building was intended as a semi-detached structure, and its design is classical in style.

The principal (north) elevation is characterised by pilasters and a pedimented entrance bay set within a three-bay entrancepiece. The construction utilises droved sandstone ashlar, with harled exterior elsewhere and ashlar dressings. A two-tiered base course runs along the principal elevation, topped by an entablature consisting of a frieze and deep, moulded eaves cornice, which is crowned by a low parapet. The frieze is punctuated by disc motifs and flanking triglyphs. The upper windows are deeply recessed; those to five bays on the left are architraved with corner blocks.

The projecting three-bay entrancepiece on the north elevation features flanking Doric corner pilasters and a stepped parapet. A central bay, flanked by giant fluted engaged Ionic columns and a projecting pedimented entablature, incorporates alternating triglyphs and disc motifs on the frieze. Steps lead to a central entrance, featuring a Greek key motif across the lintel, with a projecting cornice supported by brackets adorned with swagged flaming torches. The entrance door is panelled with a glazed upper panel and a rectangular fanlight. A Greek key motif band extends across the lintels of the ground floor windows, each flanked by Doric pilasters with disc motifs to the capitals. Two windows are positioned above the entrance, separated by a stylised pilaster with a projecting apron. A cill band runs across the windows of the flanking bays. The upper windows alternate with giant Doric pilasters on the five bays set back to the left, the outer left pilaster being wider and more sharply defined. An original cast-iron gate with a short railed section, incorporating a Greek key motif, sits on the outer left side.

Original upper windows are present throughout, featuring 12-pane cast-iron frames with a star pattern, including upper hoppers. Ground floor windows on the principal elevation have 4-pane timber frames with top hoppers. The roof is piended and covered in grey slate. A tall, corniced ashlar ridge stack features a diamond-pattern frieze and round cans; a harled coped stack (without cans) is located to the west.

The interior retains its original plan and fittings. An entrance hall with a panelled dado, a Greek key motif cornice, and decorative brackets featuring disc motifs leads to a polished granite staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade. A large, full-height hall is located to the east, with decorative plasterwork featuring panels, fluted Ionic pilasters, and a panelled ceiling incorporating paterae, guilloche, reed and tie motifs. An entrance vestibule with flanking Ionic columns is on the west side, and a raised platform supporting a pair of full-height, fluted Ionic columns is to the east. Panelled timber doors are present, with larger doors incorporating cornices and pediment-like panels above. Smaller rooms open off to the south, exhibiting similar detailing, including lugged and corniced fireplace surrounds with panelled details above.