Heavens! Abandoned Roman カトリック教徒 seminary once あられ／賞賛するd as a building of 'world significance' left covered in graffiti and rubbish?

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It was once 述べるd as a 'building of world significance' and was seen as such a striking example of modern architecture that it was given the highest possible 保護 for buildings in Scotland.

In its 1960s heyday the entire 階層制度 of the Scottish カトリック教徒 Church …に出席するd a 儀式 to 示す the laying of the 創立／基礎 石／投石する at St Peter's Seminary 近づく Cardross in Argyll before it was to become a 重要な centre for the training of Roman カトリック教徒 priests.

But 50 years on the seminary is a ghost of its former grandeur, abandoned and desolate with the once decadent 塀で囲むs covered with graffiti and its 独特の 回廊（地帯）s and halls littered with rubbish and overgrown 少しのd.

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St Peters Seminary in Argyll was once 投票（する）d Scotland's best building and regarded as of world architectural significance after it was built in the 1960s, but 50 years on the 場所／位置 has been abandoned and left littered with graffiti on most of the 塀で囲むs and rubbish throughout its 回廊（地帯）s

St Peter's Seminary was so 高度に regarded that it was 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 部類 A, the highest level of 保護 for a building of architectural 利益／興味

訓練生 priests are no longer seen on the staircases and in rooms of St Peters.?

Today the abandoned seminary is mostly 占領するd by the homeless, アル中患者s and 麻薬 （麻薬）常用者s.?

Winding staircases have been 部分的に／不公平に destroyed, doorways and 塀で囲むs left to rot and 崩壊する, and discarded 石／投石する and litter is all over the 床に打ち倒すs of the 広大な 場所／位置. Most of the woodwork and glass has now disappeared but 証拠 of the 独特の architecture remains.?

Now its only 訪問者s are 都市の explorers, desperate to reinvigorate a building that was once seen as so important in brutalist architecture.?

The building was 公式に opened in 1964 after it was built to 取って代わる the Roman カトリック教徒 seminary 以前 housed in Bearsden in Glasgow, which was destroyed by a 解雇する／砲火／射撃 in 1946.

In 1964?大司教 Scanlan laid the 創立／基礎 石／投石する at St Peters, before the entire 階層制度 of the Scottish カトリック教徒 church.

都市の explorers have 逮捕（する）d the 破壊 of the building, with 回廊（地帯）s littered with discarded 石／投石する and 塀で囲むs left to rot and 崩壊する?

The building in Argyll in Scotland has been 賞賛するd for its modernist design and was afforded the highest 保護 as a 部類 A building ?

It had a capacity of 100 students but was never 十分な as the number of students joining the 聖職者 started to 拒絶する／低下する in the 1960s. ?

The building has been 賞賛するd for its?modernist design by Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein of architecture 会社／堅い Gillespie, Kidd and Coia in the 早期に 1960s. And it was later 述べるd as a modern 'building of world significance' becoming one of only 42 戦後の buildings in Scotland to be 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d at 部類 A, the highest level of 保護 for a building of 'special architectural or historic 利益／興味'.

After it was opened the seminary became part of St Peter's College and was used as a training ground for young priests.?

It の近くにd in 1980 and was 簡潔に used as a 麻薬 rehabilitation centre until it was shut 負かす／撃墜する in 1987.?

Since then it has been 未使用の, にもかかわらず 試みる／企てるs to reinvigorate it and try to turn it into something 似ているing its former glory.?

The 場所／位置 of St Peter's Seminary in Argyll is surrounded by trees and の近くに to Kilmahew House, which was 的d by 放火犯人s in 1995

A 発射 of the bu ilding when it was still in use 明らかにする／漏らすs the brutalist architecture which led it to be classed as of world architectural significance

The building was used as training ground for Scottish カトリック教徒 priests. Pictured standing outside the seminary are (left to 権利)?Monsignor McMahon, Bishop Thompson of Motherwell, 大司教 James Scanlan, Auxilliary Bishop Winning, Bishop McGill of Argyll and the 小島s

It has been 占領するd by the homeless and luckily escaped an 放火（罪） attack at nearby Kilmahew House in 1995.

But にもかかわらず 存在 abandoned and on the cusp of 廃虚, the building has still 保持するd its 誘惑する for lovers of architecture. ?

都市の explorers have 絶えず visited the 場所／位置 during the almost 30 years it has sat abandoned. In 2005 it was 投票（する）d Scotland's best modern building by the readers of Prospect Magazine.?

One explorer, who didn't wish to be 指名するd, said: 'It's such an incredible structure and it seems mad that it's just been lying empty for all this time.

'Just by walking around, you can tell that it was once this grand building. It's fascinating to see what has happened to the place over the years.

Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein, who have both since died, designed St Peter's seminary in Argyll which is 予定 to be redeveloped?

Mould and 少しのd cover the 塀で囲むs of St Peter's in Scotland, making it a 影をつくる／尾行する of its former glory as a 栄えるing part of St Peter's College

The 場所／位置 has been abandoned for almost 30 years after a 簡潔な／要約する （一定の）期間 when it was used as a 麻薬 rehabilitation centre until 1989 when it の近くにd?

St Peter's Seminary in Argyll still attracts 都市の explorers wowed by its architecture and was 投票（する）d Scotland's best modern building in 2005?

'I really hope that someone can 海難救助 this after it 存在 活動停止中の for so long.'

There have been several 試みる／企てるs to reinvigorate life into the building with the most 最近の 成果／努力 存在 by Glasgow based public arts 事業／計画（する） NVA.

They appear to be the most likely group to 回復する the the seminary to something 似ているing its former glory, having raised £5 million so far for a 事業／計画（する） 約束ing to turn it into a 'vibrant arts landscape'.?

However this will never be seen by the designers of the building who have died since it was 建設するd. ?

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