Railway Station, Gilmour Street, Paisley

The railway station on Gilmour Street in Paisley dates from around 1840 and has undergone later extensions and alterations. It features a castellated Tudor style with a two-storey south elevation built on a curve to the east. The earlier part of the building has a symmetrical five-bay design to the west, with a central wide bay flanked by octagonal turrets, while the outer bays are slightly advanced. The entrance is moulded with a four-centre arch, and there are two string courses above the ground floor, linked by a carved panel over the central bay, which is repeated on the first floor. The windows are mullioned and transomed, primarily two-light, except for a three-light window above the entrance. The outer windows have hood moulds at the ground level. Later doors have been inserted into the inner west and outer east bays. The building features battlements over the outer and central bays and has a slate piended roof.

To the east, there is an asymmetrical curved section with five bays, which includes a flat-headed doorway and two-light windows on the ground floor, with one left window having a blocked light. This section also has string courses above. The first floor includes two three-light windows, one two-light window, and one oriel window, with a string course above and a battlemented parapet that is raised over the oriel and stepped to the right.

Further east, there is a Renaissance-style extension from the later 19th century, which has thirteen windows in total—five on the bridge over Gilmour Street and eight on the arched viaduct to the east. The bridge is timber, while the viaduct is made of ashlar. The continuous cill course is interrupted by the east bridge pier. The windows are sash with architraves and cornices, linked by a string course. The eaves cornice is modillioned, topped with a blocking course. The viaduct, dating from around 1840, is constructed of tooled ashlar with polished dressings and features round-headed voussoired arches resting on impost mouldings, with the second arch from the left infilled. The north elevation of the station facing Old Sneddon Street is of lesser interest, as it consists of all later 19th-century work.