St Mungo’s Church in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, was B-listed due to its historic significance.

A time capsule has been found in the rubble of an “iconic” 1960s church which was razed by a deliberate fire.

St Mungo’s Church in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, was designed by Brutalist architect Alan Reiach at a time the new town was becoming internationally renowned for post-war design.

The church was a modernist building with an unusual pyramid-shaped roof, to let light in, and was B-listed due to its historic significance.

However, on August 2, St Mungo’s Church was deliberately set alight just before 8pm, with parishioners gathering to watch the “landmark” building engulfed in flames.

After it was razed to the ground, a parishioner found a news report commemorating the placing o

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