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Paisley, School Wynd
Chapel (16th Century), School (16th Century)
Site Name Paisley, School Wynd
Classification Chapel (16th Century), School (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St. Nicholas' Chapel; Former Grammar School
Canmore ID 43158
Site Number NS46SE 33
NGR NS 4826 6408
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43158
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46SE 33 4826 6408.
See also NS46SE 74.00 and NS46SE 310.
The chapel of St Nicholas stood on the south side of the School Wynd, or, as it was then called, the Bornyard or Barnyard. Paisley Grammar School was built in 1586 on the site of this chapel; it was removed in 1753.
W M Metcalfe 1909
The first Grammar School at Paisley was built in 1586 on the spot now occupied by 4, School Wynd (at NS 4826 6408, on the north side of the street). The building consisted of two classrooms, one for the Grammar School, the other a "Sang School", with the master's house adjoining.
A stone dated 1586 and bearing the burgh arms, taken from it, is now over the main entrance to the present Grammar School (NS46SE 74).
R Brown 1875
Publication Account (1982)
A charter of James VI granted to the burgh of Paisley all the altarages, of chapels, lands and manses formerly belonging to the abbey for erecting and maintaining a grammar school Metcalfe, 1902, 58). The school itself was not built until 1586, ten years after the charter. This early institution was located on the south side of School Wynd and was replaced by a new erection in 1753 (Metcalfe, 1909, 388).
Information from ‘Historic Paisley: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1982).
