View of Teaching and Library Block, from South East
C 44434 CN
Description View of Teaching and Library Block, from South East
Date 18/8/1994
Catalogue Number C 44434 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 713644
Scope and Content Teaching and library block from the south-east, St Peter's College, 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 concrete cantilevered structure containing the library at basement level, students' common room on the first floor and lecture theatre on the second floor. Most of the original glazing has been destroyed, and the timber ceiling has collapsed onto the floor below. The dramatic upper section of the teaching block is constructed from board-marked concrete panels. These are created by setting the concrete within wooden moulds, which leave a herringbone pattern on the concrete after it has set. 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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