Description

John Murdoch, 1862. 4-centred archway to Ayr Cemetery. Painted sandstone. Arch framed by octagonal buttresses; rising to squat pinnacles; decorative work to eaves course; crenellated parapet; Ayr coat of arms to central panel. Flanking shouldered pedestrian entrances; gabled ball-finial (differing to each entrance) sections at apex.

LODGE (56 HOLMSTON ROAD): single storey and attic, 3-bay lodge to SW of entrance gate. Squared sandstone. Base course; hoodmoulds to ground floor windows. Timber door to central entrance; bipartite window to left; 2-leaf glazed door to right; single bargeboarded dormers to outer right and left at attic.

Lying-pane glazing. Slate roof; stone skews; corniced gablehead stacks; polygonal and circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURES, GATES, GATEPIERS, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALL: 2 single storey ancillary structures attached to lodge (see above); 2-leaf iron gate to main entrance; single iron gates to flanking pedestrian entrances. Square-plan gatepiers and iron gates to N elevation; coped rubble boundary wall encloses site; decorative iron railings atop to intermittent sections.

Statement of Interest

The cemetery entrance is described by Rob Close as, ""...an enjoyably over-scaled Tudor archway". Particular note should be taken of the fine decorative railings atop sections of the wall to the N elevation and the spear-headed gates to the main entrance. Additional ancillary structure to E of entrance gate.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626227

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)