Dunblane Cathedral
| Dunblane Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral Church of St Blaan and St Laurence | |
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 Dunblane Cathedral
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| Coordinates: 56°11′21.91″N 3°57′54.9″W / 56.1894194°N 3.965250°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of Scotland |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 7th century (site) |
| Founder(s) | Saint Blane |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Robert Rowand Anderson (restoration) |
| Style | Gothic (mostly) |
| Years built | 11th to 15th century 1889 (restoration) |
| Specifications | |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Tower height | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) |
| Administration | |
| Presbytery | Stirling |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | The Rev. Colin C. Renwick |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Kevin Duggan |
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Listed Building – Category A
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| Official name: Cathedral Square, Dunblane Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St Blaan and St Laurence including churchyard, boundary wall and Riccarton's site) | |
| Designated | 5 October 1971 |
| Reference no. | 26361 |
Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland.
The lower half of the tower is pre-Romanesque from the 11th century, and originally free-standing (like the closely similar example at Muthill), with an upper part added in the 15th century (the change in masonry is very obvious). Most of the rest of the building is Gothic, from the 13th century. The building was restored by Rowand Anderson from 1889–93.
The Cathedral was once the seat of the bishops of Dunblane (also sometimes called 'of Strathearn'), until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation. There are remains of the vaults of the episcopal palace to the south of the cathedral. Technically, it is no longer a cathedral, as there are no bishops in the Church of Scotland, which is a Presbyterian denomination.
William Chisholme (II), the last Catholic bishop of Dunblane in 1561, later became bishop of Vaison in France.
It contains the graves of Margaret Drummond of Stobhall, a mistress of King James IV of Scotland and her two sisters, all said to have been poisoned.
Unusually, the building is owned by the Crown, and is looked after by Historic Scotland rather than the church governance; there is no entrance charge.
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