Basic Site Details Name: | Brechin Cathedral | Town, district or village: | Brechin | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £11,701. | 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 |  | 1847 | | Build/construction | Apex of spire and ball finial replaced. Also semi-ciruclar wooden platforms and ladders added to round tower. |  | September 1898 | | | First plans for restoration |  | 1900 | | | Restoration commenced |  | 23 April 1902 | | | Re-opened after restoration |  | 1925 | | Build/construction | Wall monument to David Wynford Carnegie |  | 1931 | | Build/construction | Organ cases |  | c. 1989 | | Restoration | Tower |
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 Nixon | Architect | H | 1847 | | Apex of spire and ball finial replaced. Also semi-ciruclar wooden platforms and ladders added to round tower. |  | Donald McKay Stoddart | Architect | A | 1898 | 1900 | Restoration, alterations and additions - as draughtsman to Honeyman & Keppie |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | A | 1898 | 1901 | Restoration, alterations and additions (continued under Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh) |  | John Honeyman | Architect | A | 1898 | 1902 | Restoration, alterations and additions |  | John Keppie | Architect | A | 1898 | 1902 | Restoration, alterations and additions |  | Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh | Architectural practice | A | 1901 | 1902 | Restoration, alterations and additions (begun under Honeyman & Keppie) |  | William Lamb | | C | 1925 | | Wall monument to David Wynford Carnegie |  | Andrew Graham Patrick | Architect | J | 1931 | | Organ cases |  | Charles Geddes Soutar | Architect | J | 1931 | | Organ cases |  | Maclaren Soutar Salmond | Architectural practice | J | 1931 | | Organ cases |  | William Salmond | Architect, Engineer | J | 1931 | | Organ cases |  | A B Roger & Young | | J | c. 1989 | | Restoration of tower |  | Peter McLew Young | Architect | J | c. 1989 | | Restoration of tower |  | Robert Fraser | | J | c. 1989 | | Restoration of tower |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p357-364 |  | RSA | 1898 | | | | 586 |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp163-4 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Architect | 6 December 1901 | | | p410-411 - extensive note on scope of work |  | Builder | 28 December 1901 | | | p586 taken from Dundee Courier |  | Building News | 8 November 1901 | | | p616 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 22439 | |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job book |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 296 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Donald McKay Stoddart: L v2 no134 (microfilm reel 29) |
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