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Ymca, 39-41 High Street, Paisley

A Category B Listed Building in Paisley, Renfrewshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8449 / 55°50'41"N

Longitude: -4.4264 / 4°25'34"W

OS Eastings: 248178

OS Northings: 663961

OS Grid: NS481639

Mapcode National: GBR 3K.4WBC

Mapcode Global: WH3P5.ZCC2

Plus Code: 9C7QRHVF+XF

Entry Name: Ymca, 39-41 High Street, Paisley

Listing Name: 39 High Street and 5 New Street, Ymca

Listing Date: 26 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384540

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39015

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Paisley, 39-41 High Street, Ymca

ID on this website: 200384540

Location: Paisley

County: Renfrewshire

Town: Paisley

Electoral Ward: Paisley East and Central

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

T G Abercrombie, architect, dated 1908. Beaux Arts. 3
storeys with dormerless attic to High Street and basement
to New Street and down corner. Ashlar. High Street
elevation: 7 symmetrical bays plus 1 to right. Modern shops
at ground floor Channelled pilaster stairs to angle and
right bay. 1st floor central carved cartouche flanked by
architectural and keystoned sashes with bracketted cills.
2nd floor central canted oriel flanked by segmentally-
headed sashes.
Drum corner has modern shops at ground and pulvinated
frieze over. Giant pilaster order to 1st and 2nd floors
with keystoned and architectured sashes, that to 1st floor
centre with consoled pediment; lead ribbed dome with 3
oculi and lantern.
New Street elevation: 12 bays; 6 bay centre set back;
similarly detailed to High Street except 5 round-arched
windows in channelled ground floor and flat heads to 2nd
floor windows of central bays. Mutuled eaves cornice and
balustrade to both elevations. Additional 3-bay, 2 storey
building to south in New Street elaborately detailed round
headed doorway at left. Irregular fenestration.
Channelled pilasters to 2nd floor centre bay. Entablature
breaks forward over pilasters. Pediment to centre and
parapets to sides. Slate roof.

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