Dunblane Cathedral

History

The church is no longer a cathedral, but is the larger of the two parish churches of the Church of Scotland in Dunblane dar. until the Scottish Reformation it was the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. William Chisholme, to 1561, the last bishop of Dunblane was later bishop of Vaison in France. In the wake of the Reformation, the nave of the cathedral was laid waste, and ruin. The roof collapsed in 1622 and services were only held in the choir area. 1816 led architect James Gillespie Graham by a minor renovation. 1889-93, there was, however, for reasons of capacity expansion to a comprehensive Neo-Gothic reconstruction of the Cathedral under the direction of Robert Rowan Anderson, who made ​​the nave benützbar again. The elaborate choir dates from 1912-14. Margaret Drummond, a mistress of King James IV and her two sisters are buried here. The building is owned by the British Crown and is managed by Historic Scotland. The church also serves as a memorial for the victims of 1996 by a gunman damage done on 16 children of Dunblane massacre.

Equipment

The organ was in 1990 by the organ builder Flentrop ( Zaandam, The Netherlands ) was built. The instrument has 41 stops on three manuals and pedal. The tracker action are mechanical.