Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

CRAIL PARISH CHURCHLB23244

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
09/05/1972
Local Authority
Fife
Planning Authority
Fife
Burgh
Crail
NGR
NO 61339 7976
Coordinates
361339, 707976

Description

Originally Romanesque c.1160, remains of chancel (N wall and SW fragment) of that date. West tower c.1200, evidently originally free-standing but designed as part of plan for rebuilt nave: rebuilding of nave implemented c.1120, 6-bay aisled with clerestory, circular piers, new chancel arch pierced at same date. Belfry stage, corbelled parapet and squat stone spire added to tower c.1500 +. North side wall

rebuilt 18th century. Nave reconstructed Robert Balfour 1815, new S. aisle wall with splayed gothic windows and wooden tracery. N. wall rewindowed in same manner, continuous roof over nave and aisles; choir shortened, much rebuilt and fitted up with gallery Wm Lees of Pittenweem 1828. Ashlar-built, slated roofs. Balfour and Lees furnishings

recently removed and interior recast.

Statement of Special Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

References

Bibliography

OSA v 9 p.450 N.S.A. v 9 p.964. Erskine Beveridge. Bowman mason and James Brown and D Wylie Wrights The churchyard memorial of Crail. Hay Post Ref Chs p. 26 etc (church since refurnished) ECC Arch v III p 263

C & D Arch v. V p. 153. J R Walker, Pre-Reformation Churches. Charles Rogers, Register of the Collegiate Church of Crail. Heritors' Records. Notes from Geoffrey Stell and R G Cant. Balfour was first consulted in

1807. His plan was approved but nothing was done apart from approaching John Corstorphine on what could or should be done. In 1815 Alexander Leslie was consulted, but eventually Balfour's scheme was again adopted. It was executed by John.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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