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Brown And Polson's Starch Works, Falside Road, Paisley

A Category B Listed Building in Paisley, Renfrewshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8296 / 55°49'46"N

Longitude: -4.4273 / 4°25'38"W

OS Eastings: 248058

OS Northings: 662257

OS Grid: NS480622

Mapcode National: GBR 3K.5NNP

Mapcode Global: WH3P5.YQXV

Plus Code: 9C7QRHHF+R3

Entry Name: Brown And Polson's Starch Works, Falside Road, Paisley

Listing Name: Ne Corner of Falside Road and Braids Road, Brown and Polson Ltd

Listing Date: 27 March 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384457

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38963

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Paisley, Falside Road, Brown And Polson's Starch Works

ID on this website: 200384457

Location: Paisley

County: Renfrewshire

Town: Paisley

Electoral Ward: Paisley Southeast

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

Tagged with: Factory

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Description

T G Abercrombie, dated 1907. 2-storey and basement with Queen Anne detail L-plan block. Brick. 3-bay front with porch to right. Round-headed arch with "Brown and Polson Ltd" in relief above and segmental mutuled cornice over. Straight headed ground floor and round headed 1st floor windows set in recessed panels. Windows small paned to upper parts, 1 at ground floor altered. Continuous impost moulding to round arches at 1st floor which have keystones. Relief ornament in spandrels. String course over. Relief panel with griffins over centre bay, blind panels to sides. 7-bay return elevation to Braids Road, that at right blind. Rest detailed as front with alternate blind and relief panels in frieze. Wooden eaves cornice. 2 wallhead corniced brick stacks to east. Piended slate roof with corniced brick stack and square roof ventilator with pyramidal slate cap.

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