Former Drill Hall, Whithaugh Avenue, Paisley

The former drill hall on Whithaugh Avenue in Paisley was designed by James Craig & Barr and opened in 1912. It is built in a Scots Baronial style and features a single-storey and attic, 4-bay former administration building on the north side, with an adjoining single-storey hall to the south. The building is finished in concrete render with painted raised stone margins. A notable feature is the prominent battered and advanced 3-stage tower on the far right, which has a corbelled parapet and a crow-stepped gable above it. The attic windows are set above the wallhead and have decorative curvilinear pediments. The entrance door is located in the re-entrant angle and is framed by a moulded doorpiece, with a panel above displaying a crest and the Royal Engineers motto 'Ubique quo fas et gloria ducunt' (where right and glory lead). The administration building has a pitched and slated roof, while the hall has been reroofed with a replacement material.

The interior was last observed in 2015. The room layout of the administration building largely reflects its original 1912 design, with some modifications. There is a wide curved terrazzo staircase with metal railings. Several rooms feature timber fire surrounds and 6-panel timber doors, along with round-arched openings leading to various rooms and the hall. Some window architraves have simple decorative elements. An ancillary staircase includes a banister with a stylised thistle decoration as a newel. The hall retains trench warfare training pits at its southern end, along with temporary partitions and a lowered ceiling. The floor of the former viewing balcony remains intact.

In front of the building, there is a low wall topped with metal railings that feature stylised thistle finials.