Paisley Abbey

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Paisley Abbey

Paisley Abbey ( German  Abbey Paisley ) is a former monastery in the Scottish town of Paisley in the council area of Renfrewshire . Today the Abbey Church is the Parish Church of Parish Paisley in the Presbyterian Church of Scotland . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A. In addition, parts of the complex are classified as Scheduled Monument . The church is located in downtown on Cotton Street . The weathered, but still impressive cross of Barochan from the 8th century is kept in the abbey.

history

inner space

At the site of the monastery there has been a Celtic church dating back to the Holy Mirin since the 6th century . In 1163, Walter FitzAlan invited 13  Cluniac monks from Much Wenlock Priory in Shropshire , England , to establish a monastery at this location. From 1219 the facility was run as an abbey and increasingly gained in reputation and prosperity. A fire in 1307 destroyed large parts of the buildings, which were rebuilt in the course of the 14th century.

Grave of robert iii
Gargoyle in alien shape

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland married Marjorie Bruce , daughter of Robert I , in 1315 , who died the following year in a riding accident near the abbey. However, their unborn child was saved and later crowned King of Scotland as Robert II . Since he founded the ruling dynasty of the House of Stuart , the abbey is also regarded as their birthplace. There are a total of six High Stewards of Scotland and the wives of Kings Robert II and Robert III. as well as Robert III. buried himself at Paisley Abbey.

After the collapse of the bell tower in 1533 destroyed the side aisles and transept of the church, they were not rebuilt. In the course of the Scottish Reformation , the abbey was dissolved in 1560. The remaining parts of the church were used as a parish church from then on. Various other buildings were converted and used as residential buildings, including the later Place of Paisley mansion .

In 1789 the church was repaired. The first step in a series of extensive restoration work began in 1859, during which the church was returned to its original state over time. James Salmon (1859–1862), Robert Rowand Anderson (1888–1907) and Peter MacGregor Chalmers (1912–1928) were entrusted with the work as architects . The choir was designed by Robert Lorimer .

Probably during renovation work at the beginning of the 90's, under which most of the gargoyles were replaced (Engl. Gargoyle), a gargoyle in the shape was an Alien designed monster.

Organ (Cavaillé-Coll)

View of the choir room; Organ on the right

The organ was built in 1872 by the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The instrument has been expanded and rebuilt several times over the years. Today it has 66 stops on four manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

Great Organ C – c 4
Bourdon 16 '
Montre 08th'
High tide 08th'
Bourdon 08th'
Prestant 04 '
Stopped Flute 04 '
Quint 02 2 ⁄ 3  '
Octave 02 '
Block flood 02 '
Cornet IV
Mixture IV-VI
Bassoon 16 '
Trumpet 08th'
Tremulant
Positive organ C – c 4
Bourdon 08th'
Traverse Flûte 08th'
Salicional 08th'
Unda Maris 08th'
Principal 04 '
Chimney Flute 04 '
Nazard 02 2 ⁄ 3  '
Duplicate 02 '
Forest flood 02 '
Larigot 01 1 ⁄ 3  '
Sesquialtera II
Mixture IV
Cremona 08th'
Tremulant
Swell Organ C – c 4
Chimney Flute 08th'
Viol 08th'
Celeste 08th'
Principal 04 '
Flute Octave 04 '
Nazard 02 2 ⁄ 3  '
Gemshorn 02 '
Tierce 01 3 ⁄ 5  '
Plein Jeu IV-VI
Cimbel III
Corno di Bassetto 16 '
Trumpet 08th'
Skin boy 08th'
Voix Humaine 08th'
Clarion 04 '
Tremulant
Bombarde Organ C – c 4
Principal 16 '
Octave 08th'
Harmonic flute 08th'
Prestant 04 '
Quartane II
Cornet V
Plein Jeu VI
Bombard 16 '
Trumpet 08th'
Clarion 04 '
Pedal Organ C – f 1
Contre Basse 32 '
Principal 16 '
Contre Basse 16 '
Sub bass 16 '
Salicional 16 '
Octave 08th'
Dumped 08th'
Choral bass 04 '
Open flute 02 '
Mixture VI
Contre Bombarde 32 '
Bombard 16 '
Bassoon 16 '
Trumpet 08th'
Clarion 04 '
Shawm 04 '
Tremulant

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ^ A b History of Paisley Abbey . In: paisleyabbey.org.uk
  4. ↑ a b c d Paisley Abbey . In: Gazetteer for Scotland
  5. ↑ , Alien 'gargoyle on ancient abbey . In: bbc.com of 23 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Paisley, United Kingdom (Strathclyde) - Paisley Abbey (former Abbey of Saint Mirin) . In: orgbase.nl, information about the organ.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 42 "  N , 4 ° 25 ′ 13.1"  W.