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Old Seminary in need of divine intervention!
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by emmar | June 8, 2007 at 01:53 pm
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St Peters Seminary in Cardross, Scotland has been added to the World Monuments Fund's list of endangered buildings.
The Gillespie, Kidd and Coia designed building was built in 1966 and used as a Seminary for only 14 years, after that the building was used as a drug rehabilitation unit until 1980. The building was awarded a RIBA Architecture award in 1967 but since then has been systematically vandalised and left to rot. Historic Scotland gave the building Category A listing in 1992 but have done nothing to protect the building. Supporters of the building, St Peter's Building Preservation Trust (www.cardross.org) are in discussions with the Catholic Church to take over the building and ensure its preservation.
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at 14:18 on June 8th, 2007
emmar, thank you so much for posting this...I saw the photos of this beautiful place and was really intrigued by them. Thanks for satisfying my curiousity. Please keep us updated on what happens with this building as time goes on. Great work!
at 14:18 on June 8th, 2007
emmar, this is wonderful. We live on such a small island, yet there are so many forgotten corners.
at 14:48 on June 8th, 2007
emmar, I'm glad you wrote this article. This is a terrific and important historic preservation story. --Bill