IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Alloway Avenue, PAISLEY, PA2 7DX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Alloway Avenue, PA2 7DX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (30 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
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Roundabout on Hurlet Road (A726), Paisley
The right hand fork (B771 Grahamston Road) leads to Barrhead. The main road left leads to East Kilbride.
Image: © G Laird
Taken: 30 Apr 2014
0.16 miles
4
Laundry chimney, Dykebar Hospital
Tall brick chimney for the laundry of the former asylum, which opened in 1909. It is one of only three asylums to be built in Scotland which adopted the advanced 'village' philosophy of care for the mentally ill and is the most complete designed by a single architect (Thomas Graham Abercrombie). Many of the buildings are together Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB38961.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 2 Mar 2023
0.19 miles
6
Half-demolished building
The remains of Villa 20, one of the buildings of the former asylum, which opened in 1909. It is one of only three asylums to be built in Scotland which adopted the advanced 'village' philosophy of care for the mentally ill and is the most complete designed by a single architect (Thomas Graham Abercrombie). Many of the buildings are together Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB38961.
The building is being demolished to make way for a new residential development.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 2 Mar 2023
0.20 miles
7
Derelict building in grounds of Dykebar Hospital
Image: © Stephen Sweeney
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.20 miles
8
Former workshops and mortuary, Dykebar Hospital
Some of the buildings of the former asylum, which opened in 1909. It is one of only three asylums to be built in Scotland which adopted the advanced 'village' philosophy of care for the mentally ill and is the most complete designed by a single architect (Thomas Graham Abercrombie). Many of the buildings are together Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB38961.
The mortuary building is at the end of the row.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 2 Mar 2023
0.20 miles
9
Former mortuary building, Dykebar Hospital
One of the buildings of the former asylum, which opened in 1909. It is one of only three asylums to be built in Scotland which adopted the advanced 'village' philosophy of care for the mentally ill and is the most complete designed by a single architect (Thomas Graham Abercrombie). Many of the buildings are together Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB38961.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 2 Mar 2023
0.20 miles
10
Former workshops and mortuary, Dykebar Hospital
Some of the buildings of the former asylum, which opened in 1909. It is one of only three asylums to be built in Scotland which adopted the advanced 'village' philosophy of care for the mentally ill and is the most complete designed by a single architect (Thomas Graham Abercrombie). Many of the buildings are together Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB38961.
The mortuary building is on the left. The chimney is part of the laundry.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 2 Mar 2023
0.20 miles