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Part Time School, Ferguslie Thread Works, Paisley

A Category B Listed Building in Paisley, Renfrewshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8392 / 55°50'21"N

Longitude: -4.4421 / 4°26'31"W

OS Eastings: 247169

OS Northings: 663366

OS Grid: NS471633

Mapcode National: GBR 3J.558G

Mapcode Global: WH3P5.QHXF

Plus Code: 9C7QRHQ5+M5

Entry Name: Part Time School, Ferguslie Thread Works, Paisley

Listing Name: Lounsdale Road Ciba-Geigy Social Club

Listing Date: 27 March 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384567

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39033

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Paisley, Ferguslie Thread Works, Part Time School

ID on this website: 200384567

Location: Paisley

County: Renfrewshire

Town: Paisley

Electoral Ward: Paisley Northwest

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

Woodhouse and Morley, architects, dated 1887. Single storey

over basement, cruciform plan. Brick with ashlar dressings.

East elevation. 4 arched arcade supported by Ionic columns,

flanked by pilastered bays each with pilastered mullion and

transom windows with bracketted cills and aprons. Dentilled

eaves cornice and balustrade with urns on dies, and carved

relief panels above outer bays with pediments. Geometric

glazing to upper lights of windows. Side elevations (north &

south) similarly detailed but 2 centre bays advanced with

Venetian windows, centre lights raised through balustrade and pedimented. Projecting corniced stack to centre of north

elevation. Porch in re-entrant angles to west of advanced

bays have cast iron lamp standards that to north incomplete.

Balustrade continues round north porch. Rear pavilion

similarly detailed with pedimented Venetian windows to gables

and 6 transomed windows to long wall. Pedimented hall rises

in centre lit by side lunettes at side and round headed

windows at end. Carved date stone and panel with name of

school to front gable. Slate roofs, some piended, with brick

corniced stacks. Roof of central hall has 2 ventilators and

pilastered and domed lantern.

Interior has much variegated tile work mosaic floors and

various beamed roofs, largely hidden by later decoration.

Statement of Interest

Built as Ferguslie Thread Works Half-Time School

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