West Parish Church And War Memorial, 28-30 High Street, Aberdour is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973. Church hall. 2 related planning applications.

West Parish Church And War Memorial, 28-30 High Street, Aberdour

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
Type
Church hall
Address
West Parish Church And War Memorial, 28-30 High Street, Aberdour, KY3 0SW
OS grid reference
NT 190 853
Coordinates
56.05385, -3.30212
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a church hall, originally the parish church, dating from 1790. It is a single-story rectangular structure with four bays, and has modern single-story extensions to the northeast and northwest elevations. The church hall is constructed from coursed, tooled stone with cherry-cocking on the southeast elevation, and rendered on the remaining elevations. Raised, polished ashlar margins highlight the openings, featuring raised imposts and keystones. The quoins are finished with long and short polished ashlar. A base course and eaves course are present, culminating in a moulded eaves cornice.

A World War I and II memorial by F.W. Deas is centrally positioned on the principal (southeast) elevation, breaking the eaves with its full height. The memorial features a raised plinth with bevelled, curved moulding and flanking pilasters, topped by a broken pediment with egg and dart moulding. A carved stone female figure holding a wreath is set within a niche. A central tablet lists the names of those who died in World War I (1914-1919) and World War II, accompanied by the inscription "Remember the men of Aberdour who gave their lives in the cause of freedom, pro patria”. Large round-headed windows flank the memorial, with further round-headed windows positioned near the full height. Doors are situated in the lower section. A modern granite plaque commemorates Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, positioned between the first and second bays at head height.

The southwest elevation has a centered rectangular window at gallery level. The northwest elevation features a late 20th-century single-story extension to the right, with a large rectangular window to the left. The northeast elevation has a single-story modern extension and a blocked window in the upper section.

Timber boarded doors are present, along with 24-pane timber sash and case windows with an upper Y tracery section in the second and third bays. The first and fourth bays have 16-pane sash and case windows with an upper Y tracery section, each with a door below. The roof is pitched and covered in grey slate. Raised, coped ashlar skews are present. A coped, rendered wallhead stack is located on the north gable, featuring a circular clay can. A slightly projecting, open arched bellcote is situated on the southwest gable, with a stone plinth, squared columns at each corner, a shallow stone dome, and a weathercock.

The interior has been modernized in the late 20th century, but retains earlier features including tongue and groove timber wainscoting in the main hall and a stone spiral staircase leading to a modernised gallery.

A large graveyard extends to the rear and up the northwest slope, predominantly featuring gravestones from the early to mid 19th century.

Random rubble boundary walls enclose the site. A Greek-style doorway is located on the north side, comprised of broad pillars, a heavy entablature, and a shallow pediment.

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