Sma' Shot Cottages

‼️ PLEASE NOTE - TEAROOM CLOSING 3PM THIS SATURDAY ‼️

For anybody planning to visit the Cottages this Saturday (20th June), please be aware that our tea room will be closing early at 3pm. Tours will remain open until the usual closing time of 4pm.

Timings for Wednesday (12-4pm) and Friday (1-5pm) this week are unchanged.

🧵 FROM THE ARCHIVES 🧵

We’ve been working behind the scenes to preserve and digitise the huge amount of archival photographs and other materials that we have in our Cottages, and we came across this cracker today!

An illustration by The Herald cartoonist Jim Turnbull celebrating the opening of the Cottages - the two “miracles” - along with the dedicated Old Paisley Society members who saved and transformed them into the living museum we know today.

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Thanks to one of our volunteers Alison Christie for delivering a talk to Beith Heritage Group in April

Thank you to Alison Christie for a very interesting talk last night about the Sma Shot cottages. It was fascinating to hear how the project to restore the old weavers cottages had come about and how a group of volunteers made it happen despite the dire condition of the buildings. Just shows what can be achieved if enough people support a project. It was also lovely to see a Paisley shawl close up even if they weren't made on these looms.

WANTED - VOLUNTEERS to help out with kitchen duties. We serve soup, sandwiches, toasties and cakes on a Wednesday and Saturday and on Fridays we serve Afternoon Teas. Really looking for extra help on Fridays or Saturdays. If you think you would be interested please send us a message or email [email protected]. (Pic is a kitchen in Sma' Shot Cottages but not our actual working kitchen 😊).

Paisley Food and Drink Festival is on this coming weekend, on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April.

The Sma’ Shot Cottages will be open both of these days, so please bring your friends, families and fine selves into the town centre to enjoy what Paisley has to offer!

🛢️ Open Friday 1-4pm
🛢️ Open Saturday 12-4pm

Paisley Food and Drink Festival returns on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April.

More than 60 street food traders, artisan makers and licensed bars will be in the town’s Abbey Close and Bridge Street for the foodie festival.

The free-to-attend event also includes:
• Lots of free family entertainment, including inflatable play area, face painting, food making workshops and street performances
• Renfrewshire CAMRA Beer Tent
• Big Feed Foodie and Makers Market
• Two Towns Down bar on Abbey Close
• Gin tasting sessions with GINstitute
• Scottish Alternative Music Awards takeover performances

It will run from 4pm to 10pm on Friday and 12pm to 9pm on Saturday.

Temporary road closures and parking restrictions will be in place to accommodate the event.

These will take place on the following streets from after midnight (00.01am) on Wednesday 22 April until 1am on Monday 27 April:
• Abbey Close, from Bridge Street to Gauze Street
• Bridge Street, from Gordon Street to Cotton Street
• Bridge Street car park

To find out more about the event, visit the Paisley Is website.

Thanks everybody for a terrific first week back for the Cottages! We're open again this week:

🛢 Wednesday 12-4pm
🛢 Friday 1-5pm
🛢 Saturday 12-4pm

Please do pop in for a FREE guided tour, a cuppa and cake in our tea room (or afternoon tea on Friday!) and to check out some lovely crafts and souvenirs in our gift shop.

📢 SMA' SHOT COTTAGES OPEN THIS WEEK! 📢

Our 2026 season commences tomorrow on Wednesday 1st April, and we will be open until the end of September. There's so much to learn about Paisley's world famous weaving heritage, but also a lovely tea room and gift shop if you just fancy a cuppa or a browse around some local crafts and souvenirs!

Our opening times are:

🛢 Wednesdays 12-4pm
🛢 Fridays 1-5pm
🛢 Saturdays 12-4pm

Entry to the Cottages is FREE but donations are very appreciated, and help us to maintain the Cottages and preserve Paisley's cultural heritage.