Blairs College

Blairs College
Not to be confused with Blair College.
Sunset at Blairs College in 2001.

St Mary's College, Blairs (commonly known as Blairs College) was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood.[1]

Lying on the south bank of the River Dee, between Kirkton of Maryculter and Aberdeen, the land on which the seminary was built was originally owned by the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, before passing to the Menzies family in 1542. In 1827 the land was gifted to the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, and the original building, Menzies House, converted into a seminary for 25 pupils.

The New Chapel is a Category A listed building, with the other buildings listed as Category B.

The Blairs Museum, the museum of Scotland's Catholic heritage, is housed in part of the former St Mary’s College.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regeneration and Renewal of Blairs College". The Muir Group. http://www.blairsmuseum.com/BlairsCollegeDevelopmentProposal.pdf. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Blairs College". Blairs Museum. http://www.blairsmuseum.com/College/history-college.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 

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Coordinates: 57°05′53″N 2°11′41″W / 57.098028°N 2.194735°W / 57.098028; -2.194735



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