Basic Site Details Name: | St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral | Town, district or village: | Inverness | City or county: | Inverness-shire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Geometrical Gothic. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Inverness Cathedral | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Cathedral | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Ardross Street | Yes | |  | Ness Walk | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1866 | 1869 | Construction | Church; also pulpit |  | 27 July 1866 | | Journal reference | Tenders? |  | 1870 | | Design exhibited | |  | 1872 | | Design exhibited | |  | 1876 | | | Scupltural detail designed |  | 1909 | | | Choir stalls |  | 1923 | | | Choir screens |
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 |  | Richard Cromwell Carpenter | Architect | | 1855 | | Commissioned to design Cathedral by Bichop Eden of Moray but died having designed only plan and west froint |  | William Slater | Architect | A | 1855 | | Carpenter's scheme completed - not executed |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | B | 1866 | 1869 | Took over Slater's scheme and prodiced new design based on it (design exhibited 1872), pulpit |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | D | 1876 | | Scupltural detail |  | Alexander Ross | Architect | C | 1909 | | Choir stalls with Fowler |  | Charles Hodgson Fowler | Architect | C | 1909 | | Choir stalls with Ross |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | | 1923 | | Choir screens (War Memorial) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Beresford Hope, A J | 1861 | The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century | | | pp79-80 |  | Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Penguin Books | p189 |  | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1870, no 750 |  | Maclean, Allan | 1997 | The Scottish Episcopal Church and the Ecclesiological Movement 1840-1860 | v VIII | Architectural Heritage, VIII, pp47-59 | p57 |  | Maclean, Allan (ed.) | 1974 | Elgin Cathedral and the Diocese of Moray 1224-1974 | | Inverness | pp11-12 |  | RSA | 1872 | | | | 779 and 812 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Inverness Advertiser | 27 July 1866 | | | |  | Inverness Courier | 16 March 1876 | | | |  | Inverness Courier | 29 June 1876 | | | |  | Inverness Courier | 6 September 1877 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 36330 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR I/15 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Ross: F v12 p15, microfiche 114/B7 |
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