Balmerino Parish Church

In front of the pulpit sat the communion table which spanned nearly the full length of the church.

[2] The church was opened on 17 November 1811 by Dr George Campbell, the minister of Cupar.

[2] On the platform in front of the pulpit a communion table, a font, and an extravagantly designed chair were placed.

With the pulpit now on the east end opposite the entrance, the pews were each made to sit in rows perpendicular to the north and south walls facing eastwards.

The bell in the belfry, which was previously operable only from the outside, could now be rung from a chamber in the wall above the door at the entrance.

The other windows were replaced with tinted cathedral glass with tracery added to the front ones on the west gable.

In 1887 a hall with a capacity of 210 people was subsequently added to the north of the original vestry for use as a Sunday school.

[6] Andrew Thomson was the author of the first statistical account of Balmerino in the famous Statistical Account of Scotland, a work published by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster documenting the parishes of Scotland in the 1790s.

[14] James A. Campbell succeeded John Thomson in 1857 as the sixteenth minister of Balmerino parish.

The book, which was updated with a newer edition published in 1899, is the most complete historical work to cover the parish's history.56°24′32″N 3°01′29″W / 56.40895°N 3.02468°W / 56.40895; -3.02468

Front view of Balmerino Parish Church, west side.
Rev. Thomas Chalmers (back), who was minister of Kilmany in his late twenties and early thirties, gave services to Balmerino parish during the new parish church's construction. Here he is painted in his later years with his grandson Thomas (front).
The vestry, or sacristy, on the north face of Balmerino parish church.
The vestry on the north face of the church.
The south face of the church, containing four mosaic windows and a belfry on top of the church to the left.
The south face of the church.