Brechin is a community as well as former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Typically Brechin was referred to as a city as a result of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today as an episcopal seat of the Scottish Episcopal Church), yet that standing has actually not been formally recognised in the modern-day period. Nonetheless, the classification is usually used, with instances being the City of Brechin as well as District Community Council, City of Brechin and also Area Partnership, City of Brechin Civic Trust and Brechin City Football Club. In the centre of Brechin is a little museum in the former town hall, and an award winning vacationer attraction, the Caledonian Railway. In addition to the cathedral and also round tower, part of the church of Brechin's Maison Dieu or medical facility makes it through from the Middle Ages; the Maison Dieu was founded before 1267 by William de Brechin. [9] The Maison Dieu church remains in the treatment of Historic Environment Scotland. The Bank Street drill hall was completed in 1879.