Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, Aberdeen

Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, Aberdeen

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the seat of the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney who is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney. The original building was designed in the perpendicular Gothic style by architect Archibald Simpson, the first of Simpson's many commissions in the city. Rather than being built out of the usual local granite, the facade of the structure, facing King Street, was built from sandstone. The rest of the building was built of granite. The church opened in 1817 as St Andrew's Chapel and was raised to Cathedral status in 1914. St Andrew's Cathedral Aberdeen has a long musical & choral heritage and is now the only Episcopalian (Anglican) cathedral in Scotland to maintain a traditional choir of men and boys. With a splendid acoustic, it also houses one of the finest three manual pipe organs in Scotland.
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Sight Name: Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew
Sight Location: Aberdeen, Scotland (See walking tours in Aberdeen)
Sight Type: Religious

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