High Church Oakshaw Trinity
Church Hill is a very steep road leading from the. High Street. The High Church
dominants the top of the road and its spire dominants the Skyline of Paisley.
The High Church is ashlar rectangle with arched windows. It has five-stage tower
with the fourth set back and the fifth octagonal surmounted by a spire. The
architect was John White. The Church was built between 1750 and 1754 the steeple
in 1770 and the interior was re-cast in a Renaissance manner in 1877. To the
east and half way down Church Hill is the middle Church. This building is
quoined rubble rectangle with a period roof. It has a two-storey treatment and
windows are arched at the first floor. The architect was Samuel Henning and the
Church was built in the period 1779 to 1781 with its interior re-cast in 1884.
After the congregation amalgamated with that of Canal Church to form Castehead
Church in 1975, the Middle Church was converted into flats in 2001.New Page 6