Hall, 27 Ferguslie, Paisley

T G Abercrombie, architect 1899. Free Renaissance. Former club

and welfare offices and facades to both street. Ashlar. 78

Maxwellton Road: 3 storey and attic over basement. 3 bays

central one of which is projecting tower of channelled ashlar

up to 2nd floor cornice. Architraved doorpiece, recessed in

round-headed surround with carved keystone and tympanum;

moulded string course over. 1st floor tripartite and 2nd floor

thermal window also recessed in arched surround. Cornice over;

attic storey to 2 oculi, wide eaves and pagoda copper roof.

Side bays have tripartite windows each floor and bipartite

dormers with segmental pediments rising from cornice. Slate

roof with corniced end stacks. 27 Ferguslie elevation; 2

storey and attic, 3 bays. Round-arched door with splayed

carved surround, flanked by candelabra on pedestals.

Corbelled balcony over. Ground floor windows round headed with

splayed surrounds and cill course. 1st floor centre bay has 3 round-headed windows, each transomed framed by 4 Ionic engaged

columns on pedestals supporting carved attic breaking through

eaves and capped by pediment with oval oculus. Flanking 1st

floor window flat-headed with moulded hoods and cills. Wide

eaves. Slate roof with skews, flat-headed dormers, and

corniced end stacks.