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St Columba's, Glenrothes: A post-war design laboratory for reformed worship

St Columba's, Glenrothes: A post-war design laboratory for reformed worship Wheeler & Sproson's design for St Columba's, Glenrothes (1958–62) proved to be a prestigious and liturgically-experimental one. This paper examines the circumstances surrounding its original commission, highlighting the significance of the project for Glenrothes New Town, Wheeler & Sproson and the Church of Scotland. ‘For a great opportunity for effective work has opened and there is much opposition…" (Rev. Dr William Stevenson, St Columba's dedication service, 14 April 1961) ‘At 28 minutes past nine every night of the week, the bell of St Columba's Church in Glenrothes is set ringing by an electric motor controlled by a clock, and about 100 members of the congregation, by ones and twos and threes, converge on the church for evening prayers…in the nightly gathering of worshippers walking in towards the church at the Town Centre, there is something that touches deep springs of Scottish history and tradition. And if this were to become the spirit of the New Towns they would make undying history!’ (The Scotsman, 24 June 1961) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Architectural Heritage Edinburgh University Press

St Columba's, Glenrothes: A post-war design laboratory for reformed worship

WATTERS, DIANE
Architectural Heritage , Volume 12 (12): 66 – Jan 1, 2001
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Edinburgh University Press
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10.3366/arch.2001.12.12.66
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Wheeler & Sproson's design for St Columba's, Glenrothes (1958–62) proved to be a prestigious and liturgically-experimental one. This paper examines the circumstances surrounding its original commission, highlighting the significance of the project for Glenrothes New Town, Wheeler & Sproson and the Church of Scotland. ‘For a great opportunity for effective work has opened and there is much opposition…" (Rev. Dr William Stevenson, St Columba's dedication service, 14 April 1961) ‘At 28 minutes past nine every night of the week, the bell of St Columba's Church in Glenrothes is set ringing by an electric motor controlled by a clock, and about 100 members of the congregation, by ones and twos and threes, converge on the church for evening prayers…in the nightly gathering of worshippers walking in towards the church at the Town Centre, there is something that touches deep springs of Scottish history and tradition. And if this were to become the spirit of the New Towns they would make undying history!’ (The Scotsman, 24 June 1961)

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Architectural Heritage – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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