St Peter's

A3 RISOGRAPH PRINT
Free typeface with every order (emailed after purchase).
All profits go to Simon Community Scotland's Connect Hub.
Frame not included.

One of the few post-war buildings in Scotland to have a Category A listing, St Peter’s Seminary was built around Victorian baronial mansion Kilmahew House. But its decline began before the space itself was even occupied. By 1966 – the year of completion – church congregations were declining, leading to a diminishing of people entering priesthood. Never truly full, the site suffered from a lack of maintenance and significant flooding.

Closing in 1980, the building became a drug rehabilitation centre for less than a decade. Despite attempts to convert and reuse it, challenges prevailed and the building has been left to rot.

Influenced by the building's dramatic shapes, we took a similar approach to Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s by complementing sweeping curves with straight stark lines – and replicating the form of the arches repeated across the former church.

TYPEFACE
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