Martyrs Church, Broomlands, Paisley

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.