St Andrews Cathedral St Andrews, Scotland
Listed Building Data
St Andrews Cathedral has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 386533 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 40585
- Canmore ID
- 34299
- Category
- A
- Name
- St Andrews Cathedral
- Parish
- St Andrews
- County
- Fife
- Easting
- 351415
- Northing
- 716687
- Date Listed
- 23 February 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Guardianship Monument. Area scheduled 16 January 1996.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Inv 455 (il & plan) Ecc Arch v II p5 (il & plan). Billings v I, 14. OSA v XIII p189. NSA v IX p465. PSAS v XLIX p209-223, 228-231, LVII p330-1, LXX p187. Kirk, St Andrews (il). Old St Andrews (il). St Andrews: Character and Tradition (il). Innes Review 1974 (2). https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/st-andrews-cathedral
