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School Tower, St Andrew's RC Pro-Cathedral, Shakespeare Street, Dumfries

A Category B Listed Building in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0688 / 55°4'7"N

Longitude: -3.6072 / 3°36'25"W

OS Eastings: 297467

OS Northings: 576105

OS Grid: NX974761

Mapcode National: GBR 397T.VS

Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.KVJK

Plus Code: 9C7R399V+G4

Entry Name: School Tower, St Andrew's RC Pro-Cathedral, Shakespeare Street, Dumfries

Listing Name: Shakespeare Street, Towers of Old St Andrews Cathedral

Listing Date: 6 March 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362952

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26342

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200362952

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Dumfries

Electoral Ward: Nith

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

2 broadly similar Romanesque towers, now free-standing,
remains of pro-cathedral burnt 1961. Both towers are
square-plan, W-facing and with round-arched doors, openings
and recessed panels, clasping pilaster strips, louvred
bipartite belfry in each top stage; some arcaded corbel tables.
Red ashlar, exposed rubble where church formerly adjoined.
North tower: "designed by the Honourable Marmaduke C Maxwell
of Terregles" (MacDowall); built 1843, together with
(demolished) school; 4 stages, pair tall round-arched panels
in 3rd stage. Shallow-pitched and slated pyramidal capping
suggests original intention to add spire.
South tower: by John H Bell (? of Dumfries), and built by
1858 when lucarned tall Gothic broach spire (135' high
excluding 12' cross finial) was added by Alexander Fraser
of Dumfries. Tower has 3 tall stages; modern sculpture of
St Andrew on E face.
Some fragments of church walling also survive.

Statement of Interest

No longer in ecclesiastical use. Original building 1811.

Transepts and domed aisle added 1871-2; interior decorated

with "arabesque designs", 1879. Marmaduke C Maxwell is not

otherwise known as a gentleman architect, and the N tower is

unlikely to be entirely his design.

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