Barony Church, Normand Road, Dysart

Barony Church, Normand Road, Dysart

In 1802-03 a new parish church was constructed in Dysart and the congregation moved from St Serf’s in an event known locally as the year of the big flittin. Known as the Barony Church and capable of sitting 1600 people, it was located to the north of the old parish church at the top of the town. Designed by Alexander Laing, David Murray described it as a neat plain building in 1845, by which point the congregation was around 1200. A hall was added to the building in 1932. In 1972 the congregation merged with St. Serf's United Free Church to become Dysart Parish Church and moved to the latter’s building in the West Port. Until 1997 it was used by the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), and recently it has been converted into affordable housing as part of Fife Historic Buildings Trust project (2008-2014).

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(1) Jim Swan & Carol McNeill, Dysart, A Royal Burgh (Dysart, 1997)

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Barony Church, Normand Road, Dysart

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Building

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Church of Scotland

Kirkcaldy and Dysart