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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/140/67
Title
St. Peter-in-Chains, Ardrossan, Ayrshire
Date
[c 1934-c 1952]
Level
Item
Description
It is likely from the style of this sketch that Anson pictured it not many years after it was built; almost Scandinavian in design, it is simple, one might say austere, with little external adornment to the rather squat building or to its simple, angular
Physical Description
Pen and ink
Admin_History
St. Peter-in-Chains was opened in 1938 in response to a growing population, attracted to Ardrossan because of its flourishing shipbuilding trade and the jobs going along with it. In 1924 the site was purchased by the Archdiocese of Glasgow from the Earl o
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Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act
PublnNote
McGratten, Tom: Saint Peter in Chains Ardrossan: A Parish History (1988)
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