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Architectural gem saved by £10m art centre plan

ONE of Scotland's greatest modern buildings, which has lain in ruins for 25 years, is finally to be given a new lease of life in a £10 million redevelopment plan by a leading Scottish arts charity.

AT RISK: The ruin of the seminary will be made safe under the new plan. Right, the central stairway, and left, the chapel within the seminary as it used to be.
AT RISK: The ruin of the seminary will be made safe under the new plan. Right, the central stairway, and left, the chapel within the seminary as it used to be.
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EXCLUSIVE PHIL MILLER ARTS CORRESPONDENT

For years there has been speculation over the future of the A-listed St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, named as one of the world’s most endangered sites by the World Monument Fund.