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Paisley, Gauze Street, George A Clark Town Hall
Town Hall (19th Century)
Site Name Paisley, Gauze Street, George A Clark Town Hall
Classification Town Hall (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Abbey Close
Canmore ID 195405
Site Number NS46SE 166
NGR NS 48456 63977
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/195405
![View of town hall
Titled: 'Town Hall Paisley'
Inscribed on verso: 'About 1881.' [Built 1882.]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC01165238.jpg)
![View of town hall
Titled: 'Town Hall Paisley'
Inscribed on verso: 'About 1881.' [Built 1882.]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC01165238.jpg)
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46SE 166 48456 63977
Town Hall [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
Location formerly entered as NS 4846 6398.
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: W H Lynn of Belfast, 1879 -82.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
R.I.B.A Drawings Collection
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Collection items LOR P/26/1 (Details showing Chairs for Paisley Town Council) have tentatively been linked to this site.
Information from RCAHMS (AC), 9 April 2002.
Watching Brief (13 February 2013 - 27 February 2013)
NS 48456 63977 A watching brief was carried out, 13–27 February 2013, during groundworks associated with the refurbishment of Paisley Town Hall. The area had been severely disturbed during the installation of modern services and no significant archaeological finds or features were recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Renfrewshire Council
Bob Will, GUARD Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
OASIS ID: guardarc1-204109
Photographic Survey (17 January 2017)
A photographic survey was carried out to upgrade the record of the Town Hall as a Category A Listed Building.
Watching Brief (31 May 2019)
NS 48472 63988 An archaeological watching brief was carried out by GUARD Archaeology Ltd during site investigation works at Paisley Town Hall, Paisley. One borehole was excavated on May 31 2019 inside a room of Paisley Town Hall.
No archaeology was uncovered during the course of these site investigation works.
Information from John James, Atkinson - Guard Archaeology Limited.
