Elgin Cathedral - Figures Referred To

Figures Referred To


Remains of chanonry
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The Pans Port The Precenter's manse The boundary wall of the Archdeacon's manse with rounded arch gate


Building 1224 – 1270
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The 1224 establishment and then the enlargement after 1270 North wall of choir showing traces of blocked in windows The south wall of the south transept Integrated tower/nave construction


Building 1270 – Reformation
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The octagonal chapter house on the left, behind it indications of the now missing north choir aisle The nave in the foreground, the transepts in the middle ground and the choir and choir aisles in the rear ground Tomb and effigy of Bishop John Winchester in the south aisle of the choir (1435–1460) West gable apex and arms of Bishopric of Moray (left), Royal arms of Scotland (centre) and Bishop Columba de Dunbar (right) The 15th century replacement windows in the 13th century openings Inside the chapter house and the central column supporting the vaulted ceiling The bishop and dignitaries bench within the chapter house


19th and 20th century stabilisation
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The replacement of the missing form pieces and mullions and decorative ribs in the window in the north-east wall of the chapter house Partial dismantling of some of the 19th-century buttressing in 1930s The rebuilt sections of the nave piers using recovered pieces External roofing of the vault in the south choir in 1939 During the last forty years of the 20th century there was constant replacement of crumbling stonework Between 1976 and 1988, the chapter house window tracery was gradually replaced and its re-roofing completed the process Floors, glazing, and a new roof were added to the west towers between 1988 and 2000

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