Thomas Graham Abercrombie is particularly associated with his
home town of Paisley and many of his designs can be seen there
today. He developed a sensitively handled Scottish Renaissance
style which adds much to the streetscape of the area. The
Scottish Renaissance style was closely aligned to the Scottish
Baronial form and favoured by the Arts and Crafts Movement. for
its richness and flexibility. It referenced the towers and crow-
stepped gables of historic tower houses but combined these with
elements such as regular fenestration and classical decorative
elements from the sophisticated Scottish Renaissance buildings
of the 16th and 17th centuries. The South and East ranges of
Falkland Palace contain arguably the finest Renaissance work of
the 1530s in the country. In 1890 Abercrombie took on William
Kerr as his chief assistant and they were responsible for the
outstanding Clark Memorial Church in Largs which was constructed
in 1890-2 in the Early English Gothic style. This building is
particularly well-det