 It was then used as an agricultural building and in the late 1990s the Village Hall committee drew up plans to acquire the building, restore it to its former glory and provide the village with a 21st-century Community Hall.However, it was sold to a property developer who then found his plan for conversion to a house was impossible, so the old kirk still sits empty and disused.The Free Kirk manse became a SYHA youth hostel and for 30 years was very popular with cyclists and hikers.