St Monans Church

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St Monans Church

The St Monans Church , also St Monance Church , is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish village of St Monans in the Council Area Fife . In 1984 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A as an individual monument .

history

The site has been used by Christians since the 9th century. The church was built under David II between 1362 and 1370. The work was directed by the builder William Dishington . In 1519 and again in 1772 the church was described as a ruin. Between 1826 and 1828 the building was rebuilt by William Burn . Around 1900 a sacristy was added based on a design by Peter McGregor Chalmers . In the second half of the 1950s, St Monans Church was redesigned and restored by Ian Lindsay . In 1981 Johnny Cash recorded parts of his Christmas program in church. It also served as the location for the 2013 film The Love of His Life .

description

The Gothic St Monans Church stands on the western edge of St Monans, directly on the north bank of the Firth of Forth . Allegedly, it is the church building in Scotland that was built closest to the coast. It is one of the oldest churches in the country that is still in use today.

Its T-shaped floor plan is reminiscent of a planned cruciform church , the construction of which was canceled at the crossing . The "crossing tower" was probably increased in the 16th century. A stair tower emerges on the outside in a semicircle. It closes below the cantilevered parapet below the pointed helmet. Not far from the top, this is designed with very small portholes .

Buttresses run along the edges of the naves and end in small turrets. The facades are designed in various ways with ogival tracery . The small sacristy nestles flat on the north side. The tudor arched door on the east side dates from the 1820s. The final roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c BBC: St Monans Auld Kirk , October 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Entry on St Monans Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland

Web links

Commons : St Monans Church  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 11.5 "  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 15.5"  W.