View of Main Block entrance on South side with Miles Horsey in middle ground. Digital image of C 50201.

Description View of Main Block entrance on South side with Miles Horsey in middle ground. Digital image of C 50201.

Date 18/8/1994

Catalogue Number SC 713659

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 50201

Scope and Content Entrance to main block from the south, 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 bridge over a 'moat' area which leads into the main block, or through the open lower section to Kilmahew House on the other side. The vaulted ceiling above the ground floor is revealed in the arches on the first level of balconies in front of the cell (study bedroom ) windows. The chain protruding from the wall (right) was once part of a water feature. Water flowed from an upper tank, down this chain and into the reflecting moated area below. Running water and reflective surfaces are often used in Eastern garden and monastery designs to aid contemplation and relaxation. 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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