Sir James Clark Building, Seedhill Road, Paisley is a Grade C listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 September 2016. Former gassing mill, business centre. 1 related planning application.
Sir James Clark Building, Seedhill Road, Paisley
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-vestry-storm
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 September 2016
- Type
- Former gassing mill, business centre
- Address
- Sir James Clark Building, Seedhill Road, Paisley, PA1 1SA
- OS grid reference
- NS 488 636
- Coordinates
- 55.84243, -4.41519
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Sir James Clark Building, located on Seedhill Road in Paisley, is a three-storey, nine-bay former gassing mill constructed in 1922. It was designed by William James Morley & Son for J & P Coats as part of their Anchor Mill complex and is currently used as a business centre as of 2016.
The building features a steel frame and is clad in painted brick, with a projecting cornice and blocking course. Most of the windows are large, aluminium multi-pane designs with raised cills set in recessed panels, while some bronze multi-frame windows are found on the east elevation. The entrance doors on the principal south elevation have been replaced with non-traditional options. Above an entrance on the northwest side, there is a carved stone depiction of the face of Sir James Clark. The flat roof includes rooflights.
Inside, as observed in 2016, each floor is fitted with maple timber floorboards and has been partitioned to create modern office spaces, with an open corridor running along the north side. Some steel structural columns with flat lacing bars are exposed. A shallow stair with maple timber treads at the east end provides access to all floors. The ladies' cloakroom on the east side is lined with pink Vitrolite tiles and features two deep recesses with mirrors, along with a terrazzo floor.
Local climate
Sir James Clark Building, Seedhill Road, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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