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Martyrs Church, Broomlands, Paisley

A Category B Listed Building in Paisley, Renfrewshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8441 / 55°50'38"N

Longitude: -4.4386 / 4°26'18"W

OS Eastings: 247409

OS Northings: 663894

OS Grid: NS474638

Mapcode National: GBR 3K.4S2X

Mapcode Global: WH3P5.SCLQ

Plus Code: 9C7QRHV6+JH

Entry Name: Martyrs Church, Broomlands, Paisley

Listing Name: Broomlands Martyrs Church

Listing Date: 27 March 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384414

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38927

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Paisley, Broomlands, Martyrs Church

ID on this website: 200384414

Location: Paisley

County: Renfrewshire

Town: Paisley

Electoral Ward: Paisley Northwest

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

Built 1847 as 5-bay rectangular plan, nave and aisles
with vestry at rear. Additions and alterations including
south front and tower 1904-5, T G Abercrombie, architect.
Earlier part snecked rubble with ashlar margins. Additions
in snecked stugged ashlar with polished dressings.
South front: neo-Norman. Advanced buttressed centre bay
with round-arched door way of 3 orders supported by nook,
shafts and flanking round-headed sidelights. Cill band
triple lights over with Romanesque detail, cross finial
at gable head. Right aisle end, 2 small stair windows.
Tower at left with clasping buttress String curved over
flat-headed slit window. Paired window with colonnette
near top.
West elevation of tower has 3 window arcade at ground:
Romanesque window above. Aisles have round-headed windows
with 'Y'-tracery. Eaves band. Slate roof. Offices and
halls attached to rear of nave. 2 storeys and 2 bays,
snecked rubble with ashlar margins including angle. Coped
porch with round-headed doorway. Eaves band and slate roof.
Interior: galleries to 3 sides on cast-iron colonnettes.

Statement of Interest

Attached later hall at rear of no architectural merit.

Ecclesiastical building in use as such.

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