Interior-general view of side aisle

Description Interior-general view of side aisle

Date 1895

Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England

Catalogue Number SC 730178

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BL 13124

Scope and Content Choir, Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Stirling, looking west towards the nave Dunblane Cathedral, a Gothic cathedral begun c.1238, was added to and altered a number of times before suffering damage in the 16th century during the Reformation. The building was completely restored by the renowned Scottish architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, between 1889 and 1893. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the interior in 1895. The choir, dating from the late 13th century, is tall, narrow and rather severe. During the 1889-93 restoration, Anderson installed a fine wooden screen (centre) between the choir and the nave, and pierced the north wall of the choir for an organ chamber. The six richly carved canopied oak stalls (right) date from the late 15th century, and represent one of the finest examples of Scottish medieval woodwork. The choir escaped the stormy days of the Reformation relatively intact, and, unlike the nave, retained its roof. It was converted for use as the parish church and continued to be used as a place of worship until 1889 when Sir Robert Rowand Anderson rescued the whole church from a state of general dilapidation. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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