New bid to demolish blaze-hit building

Plans to knock down a fire-damaged former nursing home in Paisley are back on the table after a fresh application was submitted to Renfrewshire Council.

- JACK THOMSON, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

The owner has returned with a request to fully demolish the B-listed Speirsfield House in Stevenson Street after it was hit by a second fire last month.

A previous proposal to flatten the original structure and specific extensions was put forward in September, following a blaze in August, but was later withdrawn.

However, the future of the property, which engineers say has suffered extensive damage, could soon be determined as architects make the case its repair and reuse is not viable.