Place of Paisley

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Place of Paisley

Place of Paisley is a former rectory and manor house in the Scottish town of Paisley in the Renfrewshire council area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

history

The Place of Paisley is the former rectory of Paisley Abbey . Construction of the monastery began in 1163 at the behest of Walter FitzAlan . With the collapse of the bell tower of the associated church, the side aisles and the transept were destroyed. They were not rebuilt. Only the main nave was used from then on. The church has been the parish church of Paisley since the dissolution of the monastery during the Scottish Reformation in 1560.

The rectory was probably built in the early 17th, possibly even in the late 16th century for the commander Claud Hamilton . Later, his descendants, the Earls of Abercorn and finally the Earls of Dundonald lived in the property. In 1675 a spacious annex was added at the south end. In the 18th and 19th centuries the building was used as a restaurant and craftsman's house. The old west wing was torn down in 1874. After the church bought the building back in 1907, the Place of Paisley was restored and a tower rebuilt in the early 1960s. Today the building houses a gift shop and a tourist cafe.

description

The Place of Paisley is located in the city center of Paisley and borders directly to the south on Paisley Abbey. The masonry is made of quarry stone; the newer parts of the building are made of hewn ashlar. The four-story wing to the northeast is T-shaped and adjoins St Mirren's Chapel. When windows are mullioned windows installed. The gables are made as a stepped gable and the roof is covered with slate. The newer extension in the south has an L-shaped floor plan. It has two floors and is based on the older part of the building. On the west side two towers with a square floor plan rise up. The northern of the two closes with a slate-covered pyramid roof , the southern is integrated into the hipped roof of the wing.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Entry on Place of Paisley  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 40.6 "  N , 4 ° 25 ′ 13.9"  W.