Record

RepositoryScottish Catholic Archives
Ref NoSCA/GD/140/6
TitleAquhorties, near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Date[c 1934-c 1952]
LevelItem
DescriptionUndated, 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 DescriptionPen and ink
Admin_HistoryIn 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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