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SCA - Scottish Catholic Archives
GD - Gifts and Deposits
140 - Drawings by Peter Anson
Repository
Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No
SCA/GD/140/6
Title
Aquhorties, near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Date
[c 1934-c 1952]
Level
Item
Description
Undated, initialled front elevation of this former Roman Catholic seminary; emphasis is placed on the flat, geometrical arrangement of the windows and brickwork of the three-storey building; traces of a pencil scale grid, commonly used by Anson to ensure
Physical Description
Pen and ink
Admin_History
In 1799 Aquhorties replaced Scalan as the college for educating the lowland clergy. This new seminary was intended to see its pupils through all the stages of training for the priesthood. The creation of Aquhorties and its all-through schooling responded
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Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
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