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Plans have been submitted to transform two historic buildings in the centre of Paisley, Scotland, into a 40-bedroom luxury hotel.
If approved by Renfrewshire Council, the hotel will be named the Patternmaker and will feature a bar, brasserie, conferencing facilities and a microbrewery. The project will cost around £3.5m to complete.
The Patternmaker will be located opposite Paisley Abbey, and will consist of two buildings – Kelvin House, which was built in 1939 and has an Art Deco front elevation, and Forbes Place, which dates from 1830 and was used for patternmaking.
Tom Stewart, a local entrepreneur who already owns the four-star Ashtree House Hotel in the town, is behind the project and believes it could help drive the regeneration of the town which has just two hotels.
Stewart told BBC Scotland: “Successful regeneration projects tend to have an anchor development around which other developments and investments are stimulated.
“We see the regeneration of Kelvin House and the Patternmaker building in the same way. It is an outstanding location adjacent to the Abbey and has the potential to become a focal point as the economy of the town develops.”
