St Andrew's College, Drygrange

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St Andrew's College, Drygrange
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St Andrew's College, Drygrange
Location of the college within Scottish Borders
55°36′39″N2°40′19″W / 55.610935°N 2.671984°W / 55.610935; -2.671984 Coordinates: 55°36′39″N2°40′19″W / 55.610935°N 2.671984°W / 55.610935; -2.671984
Location Melrose, Scotland
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Former name(s)Drygrange House
Founded1953;69 years ago (1953) (as seminary)
Founder(s) Archbishop Gordon Gray (later Cardinal)
Dedication Saint Andrew
Architecture
Heritage designation Category B-listed building [1]
Designated4 June 1991;31 years ago (1991-06-04)
Architect(s) John Peddie and Charles Kinnear [1]
Closed1986;36 years ago (1986) (as seminary)
Administration
Archdiocese St Andrews and Edinburgh
Deanery St Cuthbert's Borders [2]

St Andrew's College, Drygrange, located near Melrose, Scotland, was a Roman Catholic seminary founded in 1953 and closed in 1986.

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History

Foundation

Founded by Gordon Gray shortly after he became Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, the college was operated by the archdiocese in a large country house called Drygrange House. [3] The house, standing north of the Leaderfoot Viaduct, included sizeable grounds bordered by the River Leader, a tributary of the River Tweed.

Closure

The archdiocese took the decision to close the college with effect from the autumn of 1986. [4] The closure was blamed by then-Archbishop Keith O'Brien, himself a former student of the seminary, on the halving of the number of new Scottish entrants to the priesthood. [5]

The remaining students were transferred to Gillis College, Edinburgh, the new seminary for the archdiocese, [6] and some 2,300 items from the college's library were deposited in the National Library of Scotland. [7]

On another analysis, the new Gillis College was the seminary of St Andrew's, transferred to a new site and renamed. [8]

In 1987, the archdiocese sold the college's former buildings at Drygrange for £250,000 and they became a nursing home called St Andrews Nursing Home, after going into administration it was sold and in March 2001 the new owners changed it to Grange Hall Care Home which has become (Jan 2017) one of the most successful and highest graded care homes in the Scottish Borders. [4]

In 1993, Gillis College also closed, and Chesters College, Bearsden, later renamed Scotus College, became the national seminary for Scotland. [6] [8]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 Database (undated). "Drygrange House (Drygrange Nursing Home, Formerly St Andrew's College), Including Garden Terrace Wall, Melrose". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Staff (undated). "Deaneries". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Database (undated). "Drygrange House". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Staff (7 August 1987). "Seminary Moves On". Catholic Herald . Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Staff (23 May 1986). "Fifty Per Cent Drop in Number of Priests Ordained in Scotland". Catholic Herald . Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 Staff (undated). "The Gillis Centre's Past" Archived 2 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Gillis Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Staff (undated). "Scottish Catholic Library Collections and Catalogues". Scottish Catholic Archives. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  8. 1 2 Wright, David F.; Badcock, Gary David (1996). Disruption to Diversity: Edinburgh Divinity 1846–1996. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. p. 253. ISBN   978-0-567-08517-7.
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  10. ↑ Canavan, Dennis (2009). Let the People Decide: The Autobiography of Dennis Canavan. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 32. ISBN   978-1-841-58839-1.
  11. ↑ (1986). "O'Brien, Cardinal". Who's Who in Scotland . (Ayrshire: Carrick Media). p. 373. ISBN   978-0-956-57484-8.
  12. ↑ Bishop Stephen Robson at dunkelddiocese.co.uk, retrieved 14 May 2020
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