Muirpark House, Muirpark Avenue, Renfrew is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 February 1996. Villa.

Muirpark House, Muirpark Avenue, Renfrew

WRENN ID
nether-pavement-summer
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 February 1996
Type
Villa
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Muirpark House, located on Muirpark Avenue in Renfrew, is a villa dating from the second quarter of the 19th century. It features an extremely unusual design with a centralised plan that is strictly symmetrical, composed of interlocking hexagon shapes. This "ideal" design is influenced by French Enlightenment architects such as Boulee and Ledoux, who often employed similar simple geometries.

The facades include splayed, canted bays and the building is two storeys high. The southwest front is faced with ashlar stone, while the remainder of the structure is made of rubble with ashlar dressings. It has slate roofs and chimney flues, which are likely cut-down stacks, positioned over the internal angles. The central hexagon is top-lit above the stairway.

The original sash and case windows have been altered, possibly around 1900, with multi-paned top sashes. Modern roller shutters have been added to the ground floor openings. One angle of the house has been infilled by a low range, and there are two modern extensions.

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