The Reid Kerr College, Renfrew Road, Paisley

The Reid Kerr College, located on Renfrew Road, Paisley, is a large, late 19th-century Board School designed by John Hutchinson in 1902. The building consists of a main, symmetrical, rectangular block with further rectangular wings extending to the north and south. It is constructed of bull-faced, snecked red sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. The architecture incorporates Art Nouveau details, particularly in the pavilion parapets.

The principal (southeast) elevation is 22 bays wide and arranged symmetrically, with bays grouped 4-3-8-3-4. The central eight bays are regularly fenestrated at ground and first floors. Prominent, slightly advanced pavilion ends feature tripartite windows on each floor, flanked by single windows. Parapet details include recessed round-arched panels creating paired features above, surmounted by shaped terminals. Flanking wings are set back, with a recessed entrance link connecting them. A coped screen wall encloses a piended, rectangular-plan toilet block to the right (facing north). A stone flight of steps leads to a key-stoned doorpiece, with part-glazed double doors, and a bipartite window above featuring round-arched lights beneath a carved "GIRLS" frieze. A similar "BOYS" frieze adorns the north wing.

The rear (northwest) elevation presents 23 bays arranged as 3-3-11-3-3, with a low, flat-roofed projection spanning the central bays at ground level. A curved-roofed terminal single-bay block rises slightly higher. The central eleven bays feature tripartite windows on each floor, with regular fenestration to the remaining bays. The advanced pavilions mirror the design of the principal elevation.

The side (southwest and northeast) elevations are regularly fenestrated.

The building has timber-framed windows, largely with casement operations over fixed plate glass. The roof is covered in grey slate, with piended sections covering the pavilions, wings, and toilet blocks. The ridge is highlighted by pierced red clay tiles and raised ball-finials. Two polygonal, timber-panelled, and louvered ridge ventilators with domed ogee roofs and spike finials are positioned on the central block. Each piended wing is topped with a square-plan bellcote featuring a pagoda roof and a spike finial. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present.

The interior features a tiled dado to the stairwell at the entrance, with timber balusters, panelled newel posts, and ball-finials. The remainder of the interior was unobserved in 1998.

Stone T-plan steps lead from Renfrew Road around the southeast corner, accompanied by plain cast-iron railings mounted on coped brick dwarf walls.