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St Andrews Cathedral

A Category A Listed Building in St Andrews, Fife

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Latitude: 56.34 / 56°20'24"N

Longitude: -2.7875 / 2°47'14"W

OS Eastings: 351415

OS Northings: 716687

OS Grid: NO514166

Mapcode National: GBR 2R.4HPL

Mapcode Global: WH7S0.4XW1

Plus Code: 9C8V86R7+22

Entry Name: St Andrews Cathedral

Listing Date: 23 February 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386533

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40585

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: St Andrews Cathedral and Priory and adjacent ecclesiastical remains

ID on this website: 200386533

Location: St Andrews

County: Fife

Town: St Andrews

Electoral Ward: St Andrews

Traditional County: Fife

Tagged with: Cathedral Romanesque architecture Gothic architecture

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Description

Ruin, founded 1160/1, choir finished by 1238. Cruciform, originally 391' long, 168' across transepts, aisled except at sanctuary; transepts have E chappels Nave completed c 1279, length reduced from 14 bays to 12 and total length to 357'. Furnishing of nave and partial rebuilding of S transept, insertion of new E window early 15th century. Remains chiefly comprise E gable, W wall, S transept, S wall of nave aisle and approximately half of W front.

Statement of Interest

Guardianship Monument. Area scheduled 16 January 1996.

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