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Muirpark House, Muirpark Avenue, Renfrew

A Category B Listed Building in Renfrew, Renfrewshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8697 / 55°52'11"N

Longitude: -4.3964 / 4°23'46"W

OS Eastings: 250150

OS Northings: 666658

OS Grid: NS501666

Mapcode National: GBR 3L.39NY

Mapcode Global: WH3P0.FQQK

Plus Code: 9C7QVJ93+VC

Entry Name: Muirpark House, Muirpark Avenue, Renfrew

Listing Name: Broadloan, Muirpark Avenue, Muirpark House

Listing Date: 29 February 1996

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389213

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42913

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389213

Location: Renfrew

County: Renfrewshire

Electoral Ward: Renfrew South and Gallowhill

Parish: Renfrew

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

Date perhaps second quarter of 19th century. Villa of extremely unusual design, a centralised plan composed in a strictly symmetrical formula of interlocking hexagon shapes. An "ideal" design, influenced by French Enlightenment architects such as Boulee (1728-99) or Ledoux (1736-1806), whose work often used a similar, simple geometry.

Facades composed of splayed, canted bays; 2 storeys, ashlar-faced to south west front (remainder rubble, ashlar dressings), slate roofs, chimney flues (probably cut-down stacks) over internal angles. Centre hexagon is top-lit over the stair.

Original sash and case windows altered perhaps c.1900 (with multi-paned top sashes). Modern roller shutters fitted to ground floor openings. One angle infilled by low range; two modern extensions.

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