Basic Site Details Name: | Largo Parish Church | Town, district or village: | Upper Largo | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £2,570.
Inscription in nave attributes work to Leslie.
Improvements at the expense of John Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Parish Church | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1816 | 1817 | | earlier tower and chancel incorporated into cruciform church | | 11 December 1893 | | | Proposals for restoration approved by Heritors | | 1894 | | | Restoration and reconstruction | | 28 March 1894 | | | Proposals approved by Presbytery | | c. 1910 | | | Proposed scheme for gas lighting ; pulpit and stair | | 1968 | | Alteration/conversion | Rearrangement of interior |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Gilmour, Sir John of Montrave | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Eunson, Eric and Band, John | 2000 | Largo: an illustrated history | | Stenlake | pp137-139 | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p421 | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p174 | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp161-2 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | | LXCIII | | p426 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 8989 | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job book | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Heritors Records | | HR 372/2, 11 December 1893 | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Presbytery Minutes | | CH 2/1132/11, p307, 331-2 | | St Andrews University Library | James Gillespie and Scott Archive | | Bundle no 1163 |
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