Basic Site Details Name: | Dunblane Cathedral | Town, district or village: | Dunblane | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cathedral | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1806 | | | Proposed alterations and repairs - not executed | | 1817 | | Repair | Repairs and restoration, alterations to choir (work undone in 1890) | | 1845 | | | Iron gates | | 1860 | 1862 | | Roofs of chancel and north range renewed to a flattened section and south chancel parapet restored | | 1862 | | | Survey drawings | | 1866 | 1868 | | Repairs on tower and spire | | 1873 | | | Repair work on chancel | | 1888 | 1893 | | Restoration | | 1912 | | | Internal woodwork including reredos, choir stalls and organ, completing restoration begun by R R Anderson | | 1915 | | Design exhibited | Design for Lorimer work exhibited | | 1918 | | Design exhibited | Design for Lorimer work exhibited | | After 1920 | Before 1932 | | Alterations | | Before 1931 | After 1935 | | Alterations, including seating and light fittings in nave | | 1934 | | | Chapter house and sacristy wainscotting and cupboards added this and 1938. | | 1937 | | | Additions, panelling, fittings and furniture of chapel | | 1950s | 1970s | Addition | Choir stalls |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | William Stirling I | | L | 1806 | | Proposed alterations and repairs | | James Gillespie Graham | | | 1817 | | Design for repairs and restoration, alterations to choir (work undone in 1890) | | William Stirling I | | M | 1817 | | Supervised repairs and restoration designed by Gillespie Graham | | H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | | B | 1845 | | Iron gates - William Nixon as Architect for Scotland | | William Nixon | | B | 1845 | | Iron gates - as Architect for Scotland in H M Office of Works | | Brown & Wardrop | | C | 1860 | 1862 | Roofs of chancel and north range renewed to a flattened section and south chancel parapet also restored | | Thomas Brown II | | C | 1860 | 1862 | Roofs of chancel and north range renewed to a flattened section and south chancel parapet also restored | | Edward Francis Channing Clarke | | | 1862 | | Survey drawings- student competition work | | H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | | I | 1866 | 1868 | Repairs on tower and spire | | Robert Matheson | | I | 1866 | 1868 | Repairs on tower and spire | | (Sir) George Gilbert Scott | | | 1873 | | Advised on repair work on chancel | | H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | | H | 1873 | | Repair work on chancel - Matheson in charge | | Robert Matheson | | H | 1873 | | Advised (as architect for Scotland in the Office of Works) on repair work on chancel - with Sir G Gilbert Scott | | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | | D | 1888 | 1893 | Restoration | | George Mackie Watson | | D | 1889 | 1893 | Restoration - as chief assistant to Robert Rowand Anderson | | Joseph Marr Johnston | | D | 1889 | 1890 | Restoration - as apprentice to Robert Rowand Anderson | | James Lindsay Grant | | D | 1890 | 1893 | Restoration - as junior assistant to Robert Rowand Anderson | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | | 1912 | | Internal woodwork including reredos, choir stalls and organ, completing restoration begun by R R Anderson | | Alastair Marshall McMichael | | J | After 1920 | Before 1932 | Alterations | | Ebeneezer Simpson | | J | After 1920 | Before 1924 | Alterations - involved if before 1924 | | Simpson, McMichael & Davidson | | J | After 1920 | Before 1932 | Alterations | | John Fraser Matthew | | K | Before 1931 | After 1935 | Alterations, including seating and light fittings in nave | | Lorimer & Matthew | | K | Before 1931 | After 1935 | Alterations, including seating and light fittings in nave | | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | | F | 1934 | | Also chapter and sacristy wainscotting & cupboards added 1934 and 1938. | | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | | E | 1937 | | Additions, panelling, fittings and furniture of chapel. | | Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie | | G | 1938 | | Also chapter and sacristy wainscotting & cupboards added 1934 and 1938. | | S Clow | | L | 1950s | 1970s | Choir stalls. Job architect. | | Honeyman, Jack & Robertson | | L | 1955 | 1975 | Choir stalls etc |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p51 | | Barty, A B | 1944 | A History of Dunblane | | | p203 | | Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p428-9, 437-8 | | Nuttgens, Patrick | 1959 | Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect | | Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd | p46 | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1918, no 1352 | | RSA | 1915 | | | | 580 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p176 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Journal Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral | 1931 | v1 | | check date | | Journal Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral | 1943 | v4 | | check date | | Trans… of the Edinburgh Architectural Association | 8 March 1893 | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh Architectural Association | pp104-110 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | | For restoration work | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 26361 | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Heritors Records | | | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | NG1/62 | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR D/8 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | RIAS Collection | | For Clarke drawings | | Public Record Office | Public Record Office Plans | | Specifications - transferred from MOPB & W 1965 (Nixon work) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Joseph Marr Johnston: L v18 no1372; Alastair Marshall McMichael: F no 3056 (Box 16); John Fraser Matthew: L no3904 (box 18) & F no2945 (box 14); George Mackie Watson: L v21 no1659 |
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