Palace Cinema

In Burntisland, Fife, a church at the junction of Kirkgate and East Leven Street was deconsecrated when the congregation broke with the Church of Scotland in 1843 and built a rival church elsewhere in the town.

The vacated building became Frank Quarton’s grain store before, around 1915, taking on a new life as the Palace Cinema.

In the mid-1920’s Andrew Maxwell, the manager, retired and the Palace Cinema closed.

The building lived on as a badminton, boxing and athletic club centre. Later it was taken over by James Ferguson, who used it to store scaffolding, paint, etc. until, on 28th September 1977, fire gutted the building.

The site is now a monumental garden marked by the entrance and truncated bell tower of the original church.

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