Place of Paisley

1 Processional Doorway
2 Barochan Cross
3 Burne Jones Stained Glass Window
4 Choir Stalls
5 Marjory Bruce 'tomb'
6 The Great East Window
7 Sedilia and Piscina
8 Sacristy Exhibition
9 Shaw Memorial Window
10 The Organ
11 St Mirin Chapel
12 Cloisters
13 Place of Paisley
14 The Great Drain

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13. Place of Paisley

The sole remaining part of the extensive monastery associated with the Abbey. After the reformation, the monastic property was transferred to the ownership of the Hamilton family, then later to the Cochrane family. In 1684, Jean Cochrane was married in the Abbey to Graham of Claverhouse (Bonny Dundee). The palace of Paisley (whence the modern-day 'place') eventually fell into disrepair until it was bought back by the Abbey in 1904. Today, it houses the shop and cafe, choir rehearsal room and accomodation for meetings etc.