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Ferguslie Mills, Paisley

Postby HollowHorn » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:58 pm

Bridge Lane Gate House 1984 (From RCAHMS)
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Present. Converted to Residential Flats
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Counting House. 1984 (From RCAHMS)
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Present. Converted to Residential Flats
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"Half-timers" School. Pre 1998 (From RCAHMS)
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Present : Destroyed by Fire and then Storms.
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Outhouse to the bottom left of the Original School photo.
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Postby trickntoots » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:23 pm

That beautiful building being left in that state is a terrible shame.....look at the beautiful stonework.....

How come the little bit of it left can't be saved and used to help restore it to its former glory?

Can the remains be bought?
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Postby HollowHorn » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:41 pm

The full story...........
http://www.paisley.org.uk/history/halftimer.php
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Postby PlasticDel » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:13 pm

The place is practically destryed, no? Looks that way when I pass by. In fact it looks worse everytime I pass by.

trickntoots wrote:That beautiful building being left in that state is a terrible shame.....look at the beautiful stonework.....

How come the little bit of it left can't be saved and used to help restore it to its former glory?

Can the remains be bought?


There would be hardly any point. Like I said the place looks worse everytime I pass by, there's probably little left to save, and likely nothing structurally safe. Could, mind you, probably save some of the stone work and incorporate it into something else.

But I doubt that'll happen. Glad I actually know now what it was. Shame.
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Postby trickntoots » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:46 pm

I would be so tempted to give that stonework a new home.....
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Postby HollowHorn » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:49 am

I live five mins walk from that pile of sorry looking stones, I had a few beers in there when it was the "Cotton Club" I also had a Guinness or two in that "Outbuilding" when it was an extension of the "Institute". I too pass that beautiful ruin every day, thankfully, It's part of my street, my history.
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Postby Sandpiper » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:13 pm

As stated in the history it used to be the Social Club of my current employer. The wee outbuilding at the back used to be used as the Ciba-Giegy car club.

I too remember a few 'swift hawfs' in it laterally when I think it was called 'The Shack'.
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