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ST PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND
PAUL SCOTT
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As with almost all of these Scottish cathedrals, I have never visited St Paul’s Cathedral in Dundee. So, none of the photos on this site are mine, but rather the site contains a compilation of photographs taken by other people. Individually published photos are all acknowledged in the text. As well, many of the photos occur in groups where it is difficult to locate the owner. So, for example we use the initials [TA] for Trip Advisor, and [GSV] for Google Street View. These labels and names of contributors are included in the text, and then links to the groups along with further comments can be found in the Conclusion. I am grateful to all who have contributed to this website by making their photographs available for public use.
Below is given a list of navigation links for locations around the Cathedral. Reference to these is given throughout the text.
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SATELLITE VIEW
St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Dundee sits on a rather hemmed-in site a little north of the city centre of Dundee. It is bounded on three sides by Castle Street, High Street and Commecrial Street, and there is a curiously placed view of the apse from Exchange Court – a blind alley which runs off Exchange Street.
This is not a large cathedral. We see it has a standard cruciform shape with an apse at one end and a tower with spire at the other (High Street) end. Because of its position, the main axis of the Cathedral is from northwest to southeast, with the apse at the southeast end. On these sites we use liturgical directions with the sanctuary (apse) in an Easterly direction (capital E), and other liturgical directions accordingly. To avoid confusion here, we shall use these directions only for the interior of the Cathedral, and other descriptions for the exterior!
In our exploration of this Cathedral, we shall briefly examine the Exchange Court view, then the High Street side, before entering through the main door. Once inside, progress will be straightforward and clear.
HISTORY
Year Built: 1853 – 1855
Address: High Street, Dundee DD1 1TD, United Kingdom
St. Paul’s Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is the cathedral and administrative centre of the Diocese of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
In 1847, Alexander Penrose Forbes was elected new Bishop of Brechin and chose to make Dundee his permanent residence.
At the time of Bishop Forbes' arrival, St. Paul’s Chapel met in rooms in nearby Castle Street, which Forbes considered to be dreary and ‘unworthy of the worship of the Almighty’. Thus, he ‘urged his people to take on the holy work of building, to the glory of God, a stately church’, a place which would offer refuge to the many poor that lived in the surrounding tenements.
The foundation stone of the cathedral was laid on 21 July 1853 and it was completed in 1855. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and is in the style of the Middle or Decorated period of Gothic architecture.
The total cost of the building exceeded £14,000, and ten years passed before the congregation could pay off all the debts incurred. The church was dedicated on All Saints Day, 1 November 1865.
St. Paul’s was raised to cathedral status in 1905 and is now a category A listed building.
The tower contains a set of eight bells hung for change ringing, with the tenor bell weighing 21cwt or 1067kg.[4] The bells were cast in 1871 and 1872 by Mears & Stainbank of Whitechapel, London, and the bells were last rehung in 1999 on a modern steel frame by Hayward Mills of Nottingham. Dundee is one of only three cities in Scotland to have more than one set of change ringing bells, the others being Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The other set of change ringing bells in the city is located at the Parish Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Dundee
