St Columba's Cathedral
The St Columba's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church building in the Scottish town of Oban . The building, designed in a modern neo-Gothic style, is located in the west of the city directly on Oban Bay . In 1971 St Columba's Cathedral was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. The church is still in use as such today.
history
The first cathedral in Oban was built in 1878. It was made of corrugated iron and was only intended as a temporary measure, which was nevertheless used for 50 years. The priest Donald Martin laid the foundation stone of the current building on September 14, 1932, which was only completed in 1952. Delays due to World War II were probably responsible for the long construction period. The two great bells of peal, Brendan and Kenneth , were blessed in 1959. Since then it has been the main church of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles . As the architect, Giles Gilbert Scott was responsible for the planning, who designed the famous red telephone boxes in Great Britain in addition to Liverpool Cathedral , Waterloo Bridge and Battersea Power Station .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Web presence of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Information from the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
- Entry on St Columba's Cathedral in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 25 ′ 9.9 " N , 5 ° 28 ′ 43.9" W.