Doors Open Days - Fife East
Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Fife! This year's events in Fife East will be held on 2nd & 3rd September!
About Doors Open Days - Fife East
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment, new and old. Every September, you can explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland for free. Some open up once a year, some just once in a lifetime.
Doors Open Days is a national event run by the Scottish Civic Trust. Information about the national programme, including event listings, can be found at www.doorsopendays.org.uk.
Programme Highlights:
1940s House
7 September 2024
Book a tour to visit a 1940s time capsule and experience all the sights, sounds, furniture, furnishings, appliances, and smells of a bygone domestic life.
Auld Kirk, Tayport
8 September 2024
A religious site since 1607, the Auld Kirk’s present structure dates from 1794. It is one of the oldest buildings in Tayport and an important local landmark, in particular its distinctive leaning clock tower.
Bell Pettigrew Museum
new
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Located in St Mary’s Quad the Bell Pettigrew Museum, at the University of St Andrews, welcomes visitors with its mosaic floors and historical charm. Young visitors will be able to take part in fun craft activities throughout the weekend, and museum staff will be leading tours and talks throughout the day
Boarhills Doocot & Village Hall
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Visit to see inside the 17thC lectern doocot, owned by the Boarhills and Dunino Community Trust and recently extensively restored from a ruinous condition. Guides will be there to talk about its history and how the project was conceived and carried out.
Bogward Doocot
new
8 September 2024
Join us on Sunday 8th September for an interesting peek inside the Doocot, a wander around the Lade Braes and to find out more about our preservation goals, events and membership.
Cambo Gardens
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Doors Open at the Cambo Mausoleum. Explore the designed landscape of Cambo starting at the Cambo Mausoleum and discover some of the stories of the Erskine’s who have made Cambo their home for over 300 years, and for Doors Open Days we are offering guided tours throughout the weekend.
Crail Museum
new
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
14 September 2024
15 September 2024
21 September 2024
22 September 2024
See our displays about the long history of this mediaeval Royal Burgh and its trading port, to learn of the crucial role of HMS Jackdaw during the Cold War, and see our new exhibition "Volunteering in Crail".
Dreel Halls & St Nicholas Tower
8 September 2024
Take a tour of the 16th century Category A listed St Nicholas tower and, weather permitting, step out onto the parapet for stunning views over Anstruther and out to the Isle of May.
Fife Folk Museum
8 September 2024
Explore the story of Fife’s domestic and rural past at our free, family-friendly museum. Come along to see our unique collection and join one of our tours, after which you can enjoy refreshments in our coffee shop.
Gyles Community Centre
new
7 September 2024
The Gyles Community Centre is a small cottage at the end of the harbour in Pittenweem. It is recognised by its green door.
Isle of May Lighthouses
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Book the May Island ferry from Anstruther to tour buildings normally under lock and key! including Scotland oldest lighthouse, built in 1636 and the main Stevenson lighthouse with views from the very top. Also open will be the Low lighthouse and the engine rooms.
Kingsbarns Parish Church
8 September 2024
You will be given a warm welcome to this old village church, a place of worship since 1631. Come to discover its history, and enjoy the music of our fine Forster and Andrews organ and Bechstein grand piano.
Largo Kirk
new
8 September 2024
A church has been on the current site since the early 9thC and a Pictish cross stands in the kirkyard. The current building dates from the 1620s and had major additions in the 19thC including striking stained glass windows, and restoration of the exterior stonework was undertaken in 2016 - a living church with a long heritage.
Larick Centre
new
7 September 2024
At the Larick Centre you can find information on local events and activities around Tayport, including local walking trails and paths to explore Tayport and nearby Tentsmuir Forest.
Leng Memorial Chapel
new
8 September 2024
This charming A-Listed building was erected in 1895-7 to a design reflecting a miniature cathedral in 13th Century French style. It has a Caen stone interior and is adorned with gargoyles, and carvings by John Bremner. Enjoy the magnificent views from the hill-top location.
Monimail Tower Project
new
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Visit this 13th century Tower, once home to the Archbishops of St Andrews, to enjoy the view from the roof and then explore its walled garden, orchard and woodland. These are self-guided activities but charity members will be in the venue to answer questions.
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Tayport
8 September 2024
Designed by Reginald Fairlie in 1938-9 to a Scottish Gothic style, the church has its entrance porch on the south, beneath an octagonal spired tower, above which is a stone sculpture of Our Lady by Hew Lorimer.
St Athernase Church
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
St Athernase Church is one of the finest Romanesque buildings in Scotland. Set on a hill in the centre of the village it has been a focal point for the community for over 800 years.
St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
new
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
Explore this 19th century Episcopal church built within the precinct of the ancient Priory of Pittenweem and take a tour with our self-guide leaflet to walk around the surviving monastic buildings.
St Margaret's Episcopal Church, Tayport
8 September 2024
St Margaret’s was built in 1896 and is a very fine and unusual late Victorian building of buttressed facing brick designed by the eminent Dundonian architect T. Martin Cappon, who also designed the Gothic Leng chapel at Vicarsford, based on the Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
St Monans Auld Kirk
7 September 2024
8 September 2024
A chance to see inside the Auld Kirk and to give people an updated idea of what we would like to achieve if the Community are successful in buying it from the Church of Scotland.
The Byre Theatre
7 September 2024
Visit The Byre for tours of the theatre, talks and displays about our history and productions and meet the team who run this outstanding theatre which hosts around 800 events each year.
Wilkie Memorial Hall
new
7 September 2024
The Wilkie Memorial Hall was built in 1897 to celebrate the renowned local artist Sir David Wilkie, 1785-1841, who lived in the village in the early 19th century, and contains a display about his work and his paintings.
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