View of interior from South East. Digital image of D 79228 CN.

Description View of interior from South East. Digital image of D 79228 CN.

Date 12/10/2000

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

Catalogue Number SC 713561

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 79228 CN

Scope and Content St Paul's Roman Catholic Church from the south-east, 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 shows the pews (seating) within the church, made from varnished timber, as is the ceiling above with its trios of copper, dome-shaped light fittings. The row of plaques on the wall (right) represent The Stations of The Cross, a set of 14 images relating to the crucifixion and used as a focus for prayers. The entrance wall of the church is made from stained glass panels and has a confessional (booth for confessing sins to a priest) in front of it. The bright, open aspect of this church was to become the model for many other modern ecclesiastical buildings. The wedge-shaped plan of the building was designed to symbolise the gospel (word of God) spreading out into the world. 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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