View of East side of Main Block with fire escape, from South with Kilmahew House behind

Description View of East side of Main Block with fire escape, from South with Kilmahew House behind

Date 18/8/1994

Catalogue Number C 50204

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 713660

Scope and Content East side of St Peter's College from the south, Cardross, Argyll & Bute St Peter's College was commissioned in 1959 as a seminary (training college) for Roman Catholic priests, to be created adjacent to Kilmahew House which was built in 1868 to designs by John Burnet (demolished 1995). The college was designed 1959-63 by Isi Metzstein, J Cowell and Andrew McMillan of the architectural firm of Gillespie Kidd & Coia, and completed by 1966. It ceased to function as a training college in 1979, and was used as a drug rehabilitation centre 1983-7. It is now derelict. This shows the three balconies around the main block, faced with large pebbles set into concrete, and the open area below the building. The tower with its open stair is a fire escape from the students' study bedrooms (cells) and refectory (dining room) in the main buildings. Kilmahew House, a Victorian country house which was incorporated into the seminary, can be seen far right. The tutors lived in Kilmahew House, while the students lived in small rooms opening onto balconies above the refectory and chapel. A small group of nuns lived in a separate section of the college, and did much of the catering work. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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