St Peter’s Seminary lies less than five miles away from where I now live and yet until very recently, I was entirely unaware of its existence. Built between 1961 and 1966 by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, it is one of only 42 Grade-A-listed post-WWII buildings in Scotland and an incredible example of the Brutalist architecture pioneered by the likes of Le Corbusier. The Brutalist style was favoured in particular by governmental and institutional buildings between the 1950’s and 70’s with constructions being massive and fortress-like, favouring exposed concrete and brickwork and being particularly devoted to showing on the outside the internal workings and people-flows of the space within.
Despite its imposing grandeur, by the time the seminary was completed in 1966 the number of candidates entering the priesthood saw a sharp decline and the building never reached its full capacity of 100 students. It was finally abandoned completely…
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