Dumfries, Shakespeare Street, St Andrew's Rc Pro-cathedral
Burial Ground (18th Century) - (Late 18th Century), Church (19th Century)
Site Name Dumfries, Shakespeare Street, St Andrew's Rc Pro-cathedral
Classification Burial Ground (18th Century) - (Late 18th Century), Church (19th Century)
Canmore ID 159934
Site Number NX97NE 340
NGR NX 97478 76081
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/159934
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97NE 340.00 97478 76081
NX97NE 341.01 97459 76086 Steeple Tower
NX97NE 341.02 97468 76102 School
NX97NE 341.03 97467 76105 School Tower
St Andrew's Pro-Cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1961. The school has since been demolished, only the two towers remain.
NMRS REFERENCE:
1811-13 Italianate Church
1843-58 Tower and Spire
1871-72 Transepts and Apse
1879 Interior Decoration
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Catholic Archives, 16 Drummond Place, Edinburgh.
Pamphlet which gives John McCracken as builder and mason and John Gadden and Robert Carlyle as carpenters for the first church.
Photographic Survey (1956)
Photographs of buildings in Dumfries by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.
Note
Graveyared depicted on the 1st edition of the 25-inch OS map (1856). Not captured on the 2nd edition (1895) or any subsequent historical OS maps.
Information by HES (C. DeDeo) 9 January 2025
