Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Paisley, Caledonia Street, Stoddart's Carpet Factory
Factory (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Paisley, Caledonia Street, Stoddart's Carpet Factory
Classification Factory (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Macdowall Street; Mcdowall Street; St Mirren Works
Canmore ID 241259
Site Number NS46SE 509
NGR NS 47860 64550
NGR Description Centred NS 47860 64550
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241259
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46SE 509 centred 47860 64550
Factory [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2010.
Not to be confused with NS46SW 31 (Centred NS 44528 62330) Elderslie, Stoddart's Carpet Factory.
(Location cited as NS 478 645). St Mirren Works, McDowall [MacDowall] Street, built c. 1860 as a soap works. A 3-storey, 4-bay, coursed-rubble office block, built round a tall circular-section brick chimney and a range of red-brick buildings: 6 storey, 4 by 5 bay with a projecting stair and water-tower; 4 storey, 8 bay; 2 storey, 3 bay; and 4 storey, 17 bay. Disused.
J R Hume 1976.
