View of presbytery call room from West

Description View of presbytery call room from West

Date 12/10/2000

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 79256

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 713564

Scope and Content Presbytery call centre room from the west, St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Warout Road, Glenrothes, Fife St Paul's Church was built 1956-7 to designs by the architectural firm of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. Jack Coia (1898-1981) was assisted at this time by the architects Isi Metzstein (b.1928) and Andrew McMillan (b.1928). Using a limited budget of £20,000, the church was built of painted brick with a wall of stained glass and wood. The site also includes a presbytery (priest's house). This is the priest's call room in the presbytery. A large built-in desk dominates the room, which is sparsely furnished with a simple moulded plastic chair, a table and telephone. A long window lights the space, and the moulded window ledge serves as a storage area for office supplies. A presbytery must function as both home and office, as the priest has to be available to attend to the needs of his congregation at all times. This presbytery also includes guest accommodation alongside the call room, which is used for dealing with telephone messages from parishioners. 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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