St Leonard's Church, Dunfermline Explained

St Leonard's Church
Country:	Scotland
Denomination:	Church of Scotland
Churchmanship:	Presbyterian, Reformed
Status:	Active
Coordinates:	56.0666°N -3.4541°W

St Leonard's Church is a congragation of the Church of Scotland located on Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline, Scotland.^[1]

History

The current church replaced a corrugated iron church which had been built on the site in 1894.^[2] It was built between 1903 and 1904^[3] and the church hall was completed in 1908. It was designed by Peter MacGregor Chalmers and built in a neo-Romanesque style.^[4] It is a rectangular building with a five-bay nave, L-shaped attached church hall and has a circular tower on the east end of the church.^[5] A new church hall was built on the north side in 1987.

It is a Category B listed building due to its mixture of Romanesque and early Christian architecture as well as the style of the tower which shares features of early Celtic Scottish churches.

Notes and References

1. Web site: St Leonards Church - WW1 . Imperial War Museums . 11 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: BRUCEFIELD AVENUE, ST LEONARD'S CHURCH (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND), INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS AND CHURCH HALL TO EAST (LB26024) . portal.historicenvironment.scot . 11 January 2024.
3. Book: Gifford . John . The Buildings of Scotland: Fife . 2003 . Yale University Press . New Haven . 978-0-300-09673-6 . 186 . 1. publ.
4. Book: Glendinning . Miles . MacKechnie . Aonghus . Scottish architecture . 2004 . Thames & Hudson . London . 0-500-20374-1 . 167 . 1. publ.
5. Web site: View of tower, St Leonard's Parish Church, Dunfermline. Canmore . canmore.org.uk . 2 June 2023 . en.