Hawkhead House Farmhouse, Ben Alder Drive, Paisley

2-storey, 3-bay steeply pitched gabled farmhouse. Roughly squared rubble with ashlar dressings (painted red) and brick rear (later repair'). Porch addition to entrance front, piend-roofed, stone, with 2 small windows to front and door on return to right; window above and in flanking bays. Rear elevation with regular fenestration at 1st floor, irregular at ground. Side gables each with later brick additions, small attic windows high in gablehead. Timber 12-pane sash and case windows. Graded grey slates. Stone gablehead stacks; ashlar coping to skews. INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

Sited to SE of Hawkhead House Farm which is listed separately. The pitch of the roof would suggest an earlier date than the form of the elevations. Unoccupied, 1997. (Historic Scotland)

December 1996: External inspection reveals the complex to be derelict, though in the midst of worked land. 1997: The farmhouse is described as vacant by Historic Scotland. May 2003: Local planners report no change

13 July 2012: External inspection finds the building has deteriorated. Rainwater goods are broken or lost. Upper floor windows sit open. Trees and plants are encroaching on the structure.

20 August 2014: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously.

16 September 2021: Glasgow Times reports (10/09/2021) that Glasgow Life plan to bid for funds from Scottish Government pot of £1.25m to reopen libraries across the country, including Whiteinch Library