Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of crown steeple.
D 47133 CN
Description Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of crown steeple.
Date 14/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 47133 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies G 83734 CS, SC 448018
Scope and Content Crown spire, King's College Chapel, Aberdeen King's College was founded by Bishop Elphinstone in 1495 with the support of King James IV, hence the name. The college was a truly Renaissance institution with a classical humanist curriculum modelled on that of the University of Paris. Four arches rising from the battlements of the tower support a lantern and an imperial crown. It is one of only two medieval crown spires surviving in Scotland, the other being St Giles, Edinburgh. The original, blown down in 1633, was quickly rebuilt. Most of the college was built around 1498-1505. It had timber foundations built on what was known to be swampy ground. The only original buildings surviving are the chapel and the Ivy Tower which formed part of the south-east corner of the old building. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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