High Church, Church Hill, Paisley

John White, architect; 1754-6 Church, 1770 steeple. Renovated

1876-7 by Rennison and Scott, architects. Rectangular plan,

ashlar with rusticated quoins. South elevation: 5-stage

steeple, rusticated round-headed surround to door. Venetian

window with blind sidelights; 2nd stage with angle pilasters,

blind round-headed window; 3rd with clock in each face

flanked by pilasters supporting open pediment; corbelled

balustrade over 4th stage set back, Venetian windows with

blind sidelights, and corbelled balustrade over; 5th stage

octagonal with round-headed openings in each facet and

facetted spire decorated with roundels. Flanking bays have

segmental ground floor windows, gallery with inner oculi and round-headed outer windows. North elevation 6-bay with

central pilastered and pedimented doorpiece, 2 doors in end

bays, windows detailed as on south front. 5-bay east and west

elevations with central segmentally-headed doors and

round-headed windows to ground and galleries. Eaves cornice,

piended slate roof, platformed at centre.

Interior: galleried to 3 sides with panelled fronts supported

by cast iron colonettes. Organ set under tower recess framed

by arch and coupled Ionic columns. Heavily moulded coved

ceiling with large central boss. 2 stained glass windows by

Ballantine and Sons, Edinburgh and 2 earlier 20th century

windows.