Cathedral Street is an historic street in

Dunkeld Dunkeld (, sco, Dunkell, from gd, Dùn Chailleann, "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to t ...

, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It connects High Street and The Cross to the east and

Dunkeld Cathedral Dunkeld Cathedral is a Church of Scotland place of worship which stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Built in square-stone style of predominantly grey sandstone, the cathedral proper was begun in 12 ...

to the west. Since 1954, the

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has restored eleven of its properties dating to the 17th and 18th centuries. Several of the buildings are original, having survived the 1689

Battle of Dunkeld The Battle of Dunkeld ( gd, Blàr Dhùn Chaillinn) was fought between Jacobite clans supporting the deposed king James VII of Scotland and a regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, King of Scotland, in the streets around Dunk ...

. According to ''Parliamentary Papers'' of 1956, "these houses form a picturesque group on the approach to Dunkeld Cathedral and are of great interest as an example of street architecture of the early 18th century". Grants of £2,500 were made during 1954 and 1955. Fourteen properties on the street are now Category B listed buildings or structures, including the gates to the cathedral. Number 19, Dean's House (the original manse for the cathedral), was the home of poet and scholar

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(1474–1522). It was consecrated by the

Bishop of Dunkeld The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Cormac. However, the first ...

in 1516. The house also survived an attack on Dunkeld by the New Model Army in 1654. Number 9, meanwhile, was formerly the home of Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892), the first Liberal

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, who was born in Logierait. The monks of the

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Monastery, which formerly stood on the site of today's cathedral, in various forms, between the 6th and 13th centuries, brought supplies up the street from the adjacent River Tay via the perpendicular Water

Wynd In Scotland and Northern England, a wynd () is a narrow lane between houses. The word derives from Old Norse ''venda'' ("to turn"), implying a turning off a main street, without implying that it is curved. In fact, most wynds are straight. In m ...

that still exists today.''The Town and Country Magazine, Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment'', Volume 6 (1774)

Listed properties

;Northern side (east to west) * 1 Cathedral Street * 3 Cathedral Street * 5–7 Cathedral Street * 9–11 Cathedral Street * 13–15 Cathedral Street * 19 Cathedral Street * 21–23 Cathedral Street * Rectory House ;Southern side (east to west) * 2–4 Cathedral Street * 6 Cathedral Street * 8–10 Cathedral Street * Dunkeld Cathedral Manse * 18–20 Cathedral Street

References

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