St Peter’s Seminary
St Peter's Seminary is a former Roman Catholic seminary near Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Designed by the firm of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, it has been described by the international architecture conservation organisation Docomomo International as a modern "building of world significance".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: disused Roman Catholic seminary near Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cardross, St Peter’s College”, “St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross”, and “St. Peter’s Seminary”
- Address: Cardross
Photo: Mark Nightingale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardross railway station and Geilston Garden.
Cardross railway station
Railway station
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Cardross railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cardross, Scotland. The station is 19 miles 50 chains from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill. Cardross railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of St Peter’s Seminary.
Geilston Garden
Garden
Photo: Eddie Mackinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Geilston Garden is a property of the National Trust for Scotland, north-west of Cardross, Argyll and Bute. Geilston Garden was developed more than two hundred years ago with a date given for its development being 1797, combining several features. Geilston Garden is situated 1 mile west of St Peter’s Seminary.
Geilston Hall, Main Road, Cardross
Building
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geilston Hall, Main Road, Cardross is a building, which is situated 4,200 feet west of St Peter’s Seminary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardross and Geilston.
Cardross
Village
Photo: Eddie Mackinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardross is a large village with a population of 2,194 in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, situated halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh.
Geilston
Hamlet
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geilston is a house and an area on the edge of the village of Cardross in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the site of Geilston Garden, a National Trust for Scotland Property that surrounds it.
Colgrain
Village
Colgrain is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located to the east of Helensburgh. The name Colgrain is known from at least 1377 when Sir William Denzeltoun gives his consent to a grant made by his father, Sir John Denzeltoun of that Ilk, to the church of Glasgow. Colgrain is situated 2 miles northwest of St Peter’s Seminary.
St Peter’s Seminary
- Category: Catholic seminary
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.97027° or 55° 58′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.64057° or 4° 38′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C7QX9C5+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 109191723OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1454854
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Swedish—“St Peter’s Seminary” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Seminario Sankta Petro”
- French: “St Peter’s Seminary”
- German: “St Peter’s College”
- Swedish: “St. Peter’s College, Cardross”
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Highlights include Wallacetown Glen and Cardross Golf Club.
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