Detail of glazed wall. Digital image of D 79222 CN.

Description Detail of glazed wall. Digital image of D 79222 CN.

Date 12/10/2000

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

Catalogue Number SC 713608

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 79222 CN

Scope and Content Glazed wall, 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 striking stained glass and timber wall adjacent to the entrance doorway (right). The space has been divided up with glass of various colours and moulded patterns installed. The sunlight shining through the glass creates beautiful patterns on the sculptured wall of the original baptistry within. Stained glass has long been associated with the decoration of places of worship. Traditionally, small pieces of coloured glass are fixed together with lead strips to form pictures illustrating Biblical stories. In this Modern church, however, the colours and lighting effects produced by simple panels alone are used to create a welcoming space for worship. 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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