Retirement flats plan to arrest the slow decay of Lochwinnoch Seminary
November 22 2023
An abandoned seminary on the Buildings at Risk Register is the subject of a proposed retirement scheme by Convery Prenty Shields.
St Joseph's Seminary in Lochwinnoch is subject to a 'selective' refurbishment that will retain a 1940s chapel with the loss of remaining buildings including a C-listed dormitory building dating from 1936 and a Tudor-style mansion which is already gone.
In a statement the architects wrote: "In the period between 2005 & the present the building has been subject to extensive vandalism, theft & arson due to its relatively remote location, rendering it unsafe & requiring selective demolition. At present, only the 1936 dormitory block & the chapel remain standing. Consent to demolish the dormitory block due to its unsafe condition was granted in January 2022."
Last in use as a nursing home before closing its doors over 20 years ago St Philips Care Group propose to reactivate the land by building new apartments in buff block and brick fronting a refurbished walled garden.
The former chapel will be refurbished as part of this process to provide an additional 5 retirement flats.
Varied parapet line and gables will reduce apparent massing of the three-storey block
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