Elie Parish Church is a church building in Elie,

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

, Scotland. It is Category B listed, its oldest surviving part (the

clock tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...

) dating to the 1726. An earlier church on the site was built in 1639, the work of William Burn, with the tower following just under a century later. The kirkyard is contemporary with the original church.Elie Parish Church
– Places of Worship in Scotland William Scott, of Ardross, was the benefactor for the 1639 church, while Sir John Anstruther donated the funds for the construction of the tower. John Currie was responsible for renovations made in 1855. Around fifty years later,

Peter MacGregor Chalmers Peter MacGregor Chalmers LLD (14 March 1859 – 15 March 1922) was a Scottish architect specialising in country churches, and also being involved in several important restoration schemes. Life Chalmers was born on 14 March 1859, the son of Georg ...

added the east porch, vestry and organ chamber.

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Elie Church - geograph.org.uk - 1011048.jpg, From outside the gates File:Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 295812.jpg, And from the kirkyard

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{{reflist Category B listed buildings in Fife Buildings and structures in Elie 19th-century Church of Scotland church buildings Churches in Fife Listed churches in Scotland Church of Scotland churches in Scotland 1831 establishments in Scotland Churches completed in 1831

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