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Latitude: 55.88 / 55°52'47"N
Longitude: -4.3855 / 4°23'7"W
OS Eastings: 250871
OS Northings: 667772
OS Grid: NS508677
Mapcode National: GBR 3M.2D5D
Mapcode Global: WH3P0.LGWQ
Plus Code: 9C7QVJH7+XR
Entry Name: Brown Institute, 41 Canal Street, Renfrew
Listing Name: Brown Institute, 41 Canal Street
Listing Date: 14 October 1994
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 386355
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40426
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Renfrew, 41 Canal Street, Brown Institute
ID on this website: 200386355
Location: Renfrew
County: Renfrewshire
Town: Renfrew
Electoral Ward: Renfrew North and Braehead
Traditional County: Renfrewshire
Tagged with: Institute building
1903, 2-storey, 3-bay modern movement red sandstone, snecked bullnosed rubble with polished ashlar dressing. Windows mainly leaded.
Scotch slate roof.
STREET ELEVATION: symmetrical. Central doorway with round-headed
doorway set into square-headed architrave, with three light 'fanlight'.
Elaborate sculpture panel inscribed Brown Institute 1903 below corbells of broad canted oriel. Flanking doorhead and panel are pilasters with
elaborate mannered capitals merging into corbels. Oriel is flattened, with 4-light mullioned and transomed central window and single transomed windows on the sides. At ground broad depressed arched openings, to left 5 light timber mullioned and transomed-window on right single shop front, both with multi-paned glazing in the head. Small single windows at first to left and right of oriel with chamfered ingoes. Wallhead has gablet cope, castellated over raised
parapet above oriel. Central Art Nouveau cupola roof ridge
ventilator with ogee-roof and wrought-iron finial.
The Browns were involved in the management of William Simons' shipyard in Renfrew.
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