Basic Site Details Name: | Woodside House and Lodge | Town, district or village: | Paisley | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Burned down. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1850 | 1852 | | | | 1881 | | | Alterations, fernery and winter garden | | 1902 | | | Alterations on engine house | | 1932 | | Alteration/conversion | Conversion to children's home | | September 1952 | | Destruction/demolition | Burnt and demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Charles Wilson | | | 1850 | 1852 | | | Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | | 1881 | | Alterations, fernery and winter garden | | Thomas Graham Abercrombie | | | 1902 | | Alterations on engine house |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Coats, Archibald | Client for 1881 work | | Coats, Peter | Original client (1850-52) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RSA | 1881 | | | | 918 | | Sinclair, Fiona J, ed | 1995 | Charles Wilson Architect 1810-1863: A Question of Style | | Glasgow: Park Circus Promotions, 1995 | p23 | | Sweeney, Dan | 2015 | Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire | | Windan Press | pp114-115 | | Thomson, David | 1882 | Memoir of Charles Wilson | 13 March 1882 | Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | RED/19/1-22 | | Renfrewshire Council | Paisley Dean of Guild Records | | Plans dated 1902 (for Abercrombie work) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Hippolyte Jean Blanc: F v13 p142 no844 (microfilm reel 11) |
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