St Leonard's Church is a congregation of the

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While mem ...

located on Brucefield Avenue,

Dunfermline Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries. The earliest ...

, Scotland.

History

The current church replaced a corrugated iron church which had been built on the site in 1894. It was built between 1903 and 1904 and the church hall was completed in 1908. It was designed by

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 ...

and built in a neo-Romanesque style. 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. A new church hall was built on the north side in 1987. It is a

Category B listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

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.

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in Dunfermline Church of Scotland churches in Scotland 1904 establishments in Scotland Churches completed in 1904 Category B listed buildings in Fife Churches in Fife 20th-century Church of Scotland church buildings Romanesque Revival architecture in the United Kingdom