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 Construction
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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