Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey (with attics to rear) 3- and 4-bay, terrace of 5 houses. Polished ashlar (painted to No 14); rusticated at ground floor. Vermiculated base course; band course (parallel with block-pediments of doorpieces); 1st floor cill course; aprons; cornice; blocking course.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to block-pedimented columned doorpieces to penultimate bays of mirrored pair of 4-bay houses Nos 10 and 11; fluted columns; modillion cornices; 2-leaf timber doors; letterbox fanlight (to No 11 only); single windows to outer bays at ground, 2 single windows to inner bays; regular fenestration at 1st floor. Steps to central doorpieces (see above) to 3-bay Nos 12, 13, 14; 2-leaf timber doors (single door to No 12); exterior letterbox fanlights (excluding No 14); flanking single windows at ground floor; regular fenestration at 1st floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: timber door and letterbox fanlight at ground to right of enlarged gable, 3 single windows to left at ground (window to outer left infilled); 3 single windows at 1st floor (central tripartite window at lower height, window to outer left infilled); single window at attic. 1A (Alloway Park) The Cottage (not included in listing) adjoining to outer right.

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows (12-pane to N elevation at ground, stained glass to 1st floor tripartite window; 2-pane to upper sashes at ground to No 11; 12-pane to No 13). Grey slate roof; stone skews; rooflights; coped stacks; circular and polygonal cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low ashlar copes to E elevation.

Statement of Interest

John Wood's Plan of Ayr, 1818 (proposed scheme evident), Ordnance Survey map, 1858 (evident); AYR ADVERTISER 06.01.1848 (information courtesy of Robert Close); William Dodd "Ayr: A Study of Urban Growth" in AYRSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, Vol 10 (1972), pp339, 347, 365; N Hynd HISTORIC BUILDINGS COUNCIL REPORT (1978); Rob Close AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN (1992), p23; Dane Love PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AYR (1995), p10; NMRS Photographic Archive (AY/5039).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17853893

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)