St. Peter's Seminary, Cardross, Scotland. Opened in 1966 the grade A listed building has layen empty derelict since the late 80s
Architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia began plans in 1953 for a new college featuring a main block, a convent block, a sanctuary block and a classroom block. These were not finalised until 1961 when the five year building plan started. The building is often considered one of the most important modernist buildings in Scotland. By the time it was completed in 1966, its function was already out of date, the Vatican having decided that priests should be trained in communities, rather than remote seminaries. As a result, the building never reached its full capacity of 100 students. In 1980 the building closed as a seminary, subsequently becoming a drug rehabilitation centre. Today the building remains in ruins and attempts to convert and reuse it, or even protect it from further damage, have come to nothing - hampered by the unique design of the building and its remote location. In June 2007 it was announced that the building was to be included in the World Monuments Fund's '100 Most Endangered Sites' list for 2008.[4]
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Location: Cardross
Photo credit: © Chris McNulty / Alamy / Afripics
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