St Peter's Seminary, Cardross

The St Peter 's College, also St Peter 's Seminary, is a former Roman Catholic seminary near the Scottish town of Cardross. It is located a few hundred meters northeast of the city in a small forest. In 1992, the St Peter 's College, was inducted into the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A.

For the planning of the building, the architectural firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia was responsible. In particular, the architects Isi Metz Stone and Andy MacMillan were involved in the project. Architecturally, the seminar features of modernism and brutalism and draws on the design of the monastery of Sainte -Marie de la Tourette by Le Corbusier. After completion, it was considered one of the most modern buildings and 1967, was awarded the coveted architecture award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

History

The submitted scheme for the establishment of the new seminary was approved in 1958 and construction finally began in 1961. In 1966 the building was completed and the seminar operation started. After only twelve years of service life, the St Peter 's College in 1978 has already been closed and was subsequently empty. Parts of the surrounding lands were sold to a golf club, who set up a golf course between Cardross and the seminary. Try the buildings continue using a hotel or police academy failed in the following years. On the basis of nature conservation requirements, the construction of additional buildings to expand the plant for further use was prohibited. In the associated Kilmahew House is a drug rehabilitation facility was housed in the meantime, which was, however, soon closed again. In 1990, a request was made to demolish the building on the part of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, which was not complied with. At this time, the St Peter 's College was already in a ruinous state. Water had entered the building and wooden fixtures showed mold coated.

From the year 1992 it was reported vandalism in the plant, which should be provided by the installation of security fences stop. After a given by the Archdiocese of Glasgow commissioned study, the cost of a renovation of the building were at this time at £ 5 million. Numerous introduced in the following years of negotiations to save the building went fruitless. In May 1994 Kilmahew House was destroyed in a fire, from which the seminar building emerged largely unscathed. As a result Kilmahew House was demolished in 1995. In 2005, the St Peter 's College was elected the most influential building of modernity in Scotland. Two years later, it is included in the list of 100 most endangered monuments in the world by the World Monuments Fund. In the following years, makes several references to the ruinous state and the ever progressive deterioration of the system. All wood and glass fixtures were reportedly destroyed in 2008 already. After the negotiations to save the building gradually concretized the end of the 2000s, the condition worsened in 2009 as a result of arson again. This also affected the roof in worship area was affected, which finally collapsed partially. 2011 announced a non-profit organization in the provision of £ 100,000 as well as the collection of further £ 2 million by 2013. In 2012 Historic Scotland provided £ 500,000 ready.