Church Of Scotland, Orr Square, Paisley

The Church of Scotland located in Orr Square, Paisley, was built in 1845 and features a Neo-Norman architectural style. Constructed from ashlar stone, the church has a six-bay rectangular shape with a tower that projects from the southeast bay.

The south front of the church includes a base course and features round-headed windows with nook shafts and hoodmoulds. The central round-arched doorway is similarly detailed and is flanked by small windows, blind arcading, and three large windows above. There is also a small louvred window in the gable, which is adorned with dog tooth ornamentation. To the left, the buttressed aisle has a two-light upper window under a hoodmould and a separate gable, while the four-stage tower on the right has two windows on the first stage, a two-light window on the second, blind intersecting arcading and a blind oculus on the third, and two-storey belfry openings on the fourth stage, with a single window on the north face. Decorative corbel courses and a round-arched balustrade (which has been removed from the north face) are present, along with corner pinnacles and string courses between the stages. The six-bay sides feature unmoulded round-headed windows set between raised strips, with a simple corbel course above. The rear is constructed of rubble and has a slightly advanced central bay with three windows.

Inside, the church has a narthex in the western bay and stairs leading to the gallery. The main body of the church features galleries on three sides supported by thin columns that extend up to the roof. The area between the columns and the side walls is spanned by plaster groin vaults, while the central portion is spanned from column to column. The windows are leaded, with modern stained glass in the north window.

The adjoining hall, also in a Neo-Norman style, is two stories high and features angle buttressing and ashlar stonework. The door and windows are round-headed with nook shafts. The south front has an advanced gabletted entrance flanked by pairs of windows, with bands of interlace arcading above the windows. There are three windows on the first floor and a small window in the gable, with dogtooth ornamentation on the skews. The side elevations have two windows at ground level and a band course above, with a cill course for the first-floor paired windows. The hall also has a corbelled parapet and a slate roof with a stack on the rear gable.