Archaeology Notes
Event ID 689135
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NO51NW 10 50997 16844
(NO 5099 1684) College Church formerly St Salvator's Chapel (NR)
OS 25" map (1914)
"St Salvator's Church. In 1450, James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews, founded the college of St Salvator and also its church. The church, fronting North Street, is all that now remains. The church consists of an oblong choir, with the apsidal eastern end characteristic of the period, and a lofty south-western tower, which served the dual purpose of bell tower and gate house, the principle entrance to the college quadrangle being through its lowest storey". This college, with those of St Leonard (NO51NW 9) and St Mary (NO51NW 8), constituted the University of St Andrews).
RCAHMS 1933
In 1747 the colleges of St Salvator and St Leonard were joined under the name of the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard.
A H Millar 1895
The church of St Salvator's College is in a good state of preservation, and is as described and illustrated.
Visited by OS (JLD) 17 October 1956
Above confirmed. Church is in use as place of worship.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 May 1964