Kilnside House, Paisley

Kilnside House, Paisley

03.11.18 03:18-03:23 Early this morning, she is lying on her right-hand side, legs slightly curled up towards her body. There are no sensations of energy movement this time, possibly because of her non-supine body posture. A real-world flash of lightning alerts her of her sleeping condition, but crucially she neither moves her body nor opens her eyes. As she wakes non-physically, Robert Fullerton is standing there, waiting expectantly on a suburban path. They greet each other and embrace, before he takes her by the hand. Now that you’re here, I’ll show you my favourite house. He looks older today, in his 50s, and a long, heavy coat and dark pants insulate him against the seeming chill. They walk a short while along what he says is Seedhill Road, Paisley, Scotland.  The impressive structure they soon reach is Kilnside House. He says it was built after he died, but it is one of his favourite houses in his second life. She is able to take in many of the features before a thunder clap wakes her for good. Later that day, I do some research and find out that the place was constructed in 1836, five years after Robert died, although it was eventually destroyed by fire in the mid-1990s. The grounds were then developed and an inevitable block of flats replaced the structure. He never lived there and neither did his family own it. I feel consoled that the building still exists in the adjacent place. Later, I find a 19^th century photograph by Thomas Annan that closely matches April’s drawing.