Photograph of the Dornoch Cathedral Manse
Date Added: 23 October 2009
Year: 1921
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2009_083_04 | ▶
Picture No: 7920
Monochrome photograph of Dornoch Cathedral Manse taken in 1921. It shows Charles and Helen Bentinck and their son Charles Macpherson Bentinck standing outside the entrance door.
Dimensions: jpeg file
5 Comments
Thank you, I believe I'll be able to find it now. Could you answer one more question? Is it still the Cathedral Manse? If not, is there a new manse, and where is it located? Thank you again.
Comment left on 19 November 2011 at 02:54 by Cheryl Stansbury No the building is no longer the Cathedral Manse (for a number of years it was used by the Highland Council), the current Manse is located at the end of the road Cnoc-an-Lobht just before the Burghfield Hotel Administrator
Comment left on 19 November 2011 at 02:54 by Cheryl Stansbury No the building is no longer the Cathedral Manse (for a number of years it was used by the Highland Council), the current Manse is located at the end of the road Cnoc-an-Lobht just before the Burghfield Hotel Administrator
Again, thank you for your helpful information.
Comment left on 24 November 2011 at 13:27 by Cheryl Stansbury
Does this building still exist? It's my grandfather and great grand parents pictured. Never met them, never been there, just curious...
Comment left on 23 January 2014 at 19:17 by Jeff Dennis Yes the building is still here Administrator
Comment left on 23 January 2014 at 19:17 by Jeff Dennis Yes the building is still here Administrator
Can you tell me anything about the original Manse where my ancestor the Rev John Bethune and his family would have lived? I suspect the substantial building in the photo is of more recent origins.
He was the Minister from 1778-1816, and in the 1791 Statistical Account of Scotland, he wrote: "The Manse was built about 16 years ago, but was never substantially executed or properly finished, and therefore stands in need of repairs."
In the parish registers I read in the Inverness Archives Centre, he was frequently requesting funds for urgent repairs, particularly as his family kept expanding ... the fact that he had to keep on asking over and over indicated his pleas may have fallen on deaf ears!
Comment left on 17 January 2016 at 23:09 by Prue McLennan
He was the Minister from 1778-1816, and in the 1791 Statistical Account of Scotland, he wrote: "The Manse was built about 16 years ago, but was never substantially executed or properly finished, and therefore stands in need of repairs."
In the parish registers I read in the Inverness Archives Centre, he was frequently requesting funds for urgent repairs, particularly as his family kept expanding ... the fact that he had to keep on asking over and over indicated his pleas may have fallen on deaf ears!
Comment left on 17 January 2016 at 23:09 by Prue McLennan
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Comment left on 10 November 2011 at 12:53 by Cheryl Stansbury This Manse is situated at the end of a small road leading off The Meadows road. It is the next turning on the left past Historylinks Museum and opposite Castle Close. The Parish Well, number 2 on the Dornoch Heritage Trail, is by the entrance to the small road Administrator