Interior-general view of choir stalls

Description Interior-general view of choir stalls

Date 1914

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

Catalogue Number BL 22801

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 730184, B 64831

Scope and Content Choir, Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Stirling, looking east 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. In 1889-93 the building was completely restored by the architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, and the choir refurnished in 1912-14 by the architect, Sir Robert Lorimer. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the interior in 1914. The tall, narrow choir, dating from the late 13th century, was refitted by Lorimer with a range of canopied panelling covering the lower part of the wall under the great window at the east end. He lined the south and north walls with two rows of stalls, those at the back having richly carved canopies. The ends of the stalls are carved as poppy-heads. Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) received a knighthood in 1911 for his designs for the Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, which established him as Scotland's leading exponent of the Gothic style. In 1912 he was commissioned to restore Dunblane Cathedral choir to its original Gothic glory, again choosing to work with the woodcarvers, William & Alexander Clow, who undertook all the finest carving. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Glass

External Reference Box 66

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