Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Paisley Library and Museum | Town, district or village: | Paisley | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of museum: £6,324. Cost of library: £2,667. Cost of first extension (1882): £6,754. Cost of 1904 extension £6,699. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Library | | |  | Museum | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | High Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1868 | | | |  | 29 April 1869 | | Foundation stone | |  | 11 April 1871 | | Opened | |  | 1882 | | | First extension |  | 1913 | | | Additions |  | c. 1930 | | | Extension. Date uncertain |  | 1933 | 1934 | | Extension |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Coats, Peter, Sir | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp82-5 |  | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p15 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect | 4 November 1881 | | | |  | RIBA Journal | January 1964 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Henderson (for extension of c.1930) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 39025 | |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job book (for original building and first extension) |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 93, 193 , 314 and 485 |  | Renfrewshire Council | Paisley Dean of Guild Records | | Dean of Guild 1913/43 and 1933. |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Honeyman: F v5 p21, microfiche 87/D4 |
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