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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/140/39
Title
St. Mary’s, Fort William
Date
1939
Level
Item
Description
Anson captured this church only a few years after it was built; it captures the bulk of the church and its functional design; set against a blank sky and a blank expanse of road outside the building, the church’s outward material is carefully depicted, wi
Physical Description
Pen and ink
Admin_History
The St. Mary’s drawn by Anson replaced the role of an earlier chapel in Fort William, which had been built around 1794 on ground granted by the Marquis of Huntly. Subsequent enlargements were made for a growing population. St. Mary’s foundation stone was
AccessConditions
Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
PublnNote
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Fort William: Souvenir of the Solemn Blessing and Opening (Glasgow, 1934)
Hours of Marie de Rieux, The
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