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Manor House (Medieval)

Site Name Paisley, Blackhall

Classification Manor House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Blackhall Priory

Canmore ID 43146

Site Number NS46SE 22

NGR NS 49089 63125

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43146

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

DP 198252

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

10/9/2014

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

SC 2620818

View from SE.

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15/12/1977

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Interior.
Detail of hall fireplace jamb on N wall.

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Interior. Detail of hall fireplace jamb on N wall.

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15/12/1977

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking E.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

10/9/2014

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NW.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

10/9/2014

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View from SW.

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15/12/1977

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Detail of skewput.

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Detail of skewput.

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15/12/1977

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

2/1978

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Scottish Development Department

19/5/1981

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Scottish Development Department

19/5/1981

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Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

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Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

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Copies of illustrations from A H Millar's'Castles and Mansions of Renfrewshire'

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Ground and upper floor plans. Copy on glass.

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Ground and upper floor plans. Copy on glass.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SSE.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SE.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SE.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking ENE.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking ENE.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking WNW.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley.

DP 238782

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley.

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Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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Interior.
View of N wall from SW.

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Interior. View of N wall from SW.

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15/12/1977

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking N.

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Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

10/9/2014

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Scottish Development Department

19/5/1981

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Detail of carved fragment in E wall.

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Detail of carved fragment in E wall.

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15/12/1977

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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Detail of gunloop.

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Detail of gunloop.

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15/12/1977

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Scottish Development Department

19/5/1981

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Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

SC 1842723

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

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Scottish Development Department

19/5/1981

© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish Development Department)

Detail of skewput in NW angle.

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Detail of skewput in NW angle.

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15/12/1977

© RCAHMS

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Interior.
Detail of hall fireplace jamb on N wall.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking E.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NW.

Detail of skewput.

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

Ground and upper floor plans. Copy on glass.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SSE.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking SE.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking ENE.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking NNW.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking WNW.

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley.

Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

Interior.
View of N wall from SW.

Oblique aerial view of Blackhall Manor House, looking N.

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Detail of carved fragment in E wall.

Paisley, Blackhall, NS46SE 22, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Detail of gunloop.

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Blackhall Manor House, Paisley

Detail of skewput in NW angle.

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Administrative Areas

Council Renfrewshire
Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Renfrew
Former County Renfrewshire

Archaeology Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

NS46SE 22 49089 63125.

BUILT: 1574.

(NS 4909 6312) Blackhall (NR) (remains of) (NAT)

OS 1:10000 map (1973)

Blackhall, first mentioned in the 13th century, was evidently a residence of the Stewarts.

G W S Barrow 1973

The present old house called Castle (Third Statistical Account [TSA] 1962) of Blackhall, is a simple, two-storeyed mansion, built in the late 16th or early 17th century. It is now a roofless ruin.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845

A rectangular building of rubble masonry, now roofless and the interior ruinous. No date stones were seen.

Visited by OS (JFC) 29 March 1954

Now restored and inhabited.

Information from OS Field Surveyor 30 March 1988

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