View of presbytery dining room from West. Digital image of D 79247 CN.

Description View of presbytery dining room from West. Digital image of D 79247 CN.

Date 12/10/2000

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

Catalogue Number SC 713570

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 79247 CN

Scope and Content Dining room in the presbytery 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 shows the dining room in the priest's house which is traditionally sited next to the church. The room is simply furnished in keeping with the Modern architecture of the church. Cupboards with sliding doors of varnished wood fill one side of the room, with narrow windows above to supplement the electric lighting. The priest's house (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 and a call room 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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