20-22 Back Sneddon Street, Paisley

T G Abercrombie, architect, dated 1898 Scots Renaissance.

T-plan asymmetrical. Snecked rubble and stugged ashlar with

polished ashlar dressings. Elevation to Back Sneddon Street,

2 storeys, 3 recessed bays at left, off centre entrance

with pilastered and corniced Jacobean doorpiece with

cartouche over, 6-light leaded window to stair in right

bay, canted bay at ground floor in outer left bay. Projecting

gable end to west with corbelled bartisan with lead, bell-cast

roof and panelled gable-head stack. Return elevation:

2-storey and attic. 5-bay block with 3 round arched windows

at ground; lights 1-2-1-2-1 in 1st & 3 segmentally pedimented

dormers. Stair tower adjoining with upper window breaking

through eaves and pyramidal roof. 1 additional gabled bay

to east. Variety of window designs, slate roofs and

corniced stacks.