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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Elgin
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>The Rose Garden behind the convent is open to the public during May-September and visitors are encouraged to also enjoy this area during their visit.</p><p><a href="http://www.dominicansisters.dioceseofaberdeen.org" target="_blank">www.dominicansisters.dioceseofaberdeen.org</a></p>
OpeningTime1
12 noon to 3 pm
ArchitectName
John Kinross
OpeningDate1
17/9/2016
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
12295
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
15-19 Abbey Street/ Institution Road
Postcode
IV30 1DA
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Greyfriar's Chapel, Elgin
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
moray
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2997
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.6479,-3.309549;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Greyfriars Convent is a large complex of buildings with the chapel as the focus. Listed Category A.</p><p>Founded in 1479 for the Franciscan Friars, Greyfriars was sold to the Sisters of Mercy in 1891. The ruined buildings of the Convent and Chapel were restored between 1896 and 1908 by the Marquis of Bute and his son Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart.</p><p>Still used as a convent chapel today, now by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, the interior of the chapel is largely unchanged from when it was re-built. There is a lovely wooden barrel-vaulted roof structure, very finely carved wooden screen dividing the nave from the choir and a beautiful stained glass window above the altar.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1479: reconstruction 1896 - 1908