Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 6-bay (grouped 4-2) houses on corner site. Painted sandstone rubble (exposed to side and rear). Margins to openings.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: recessed entrance to penultimate bay to left; timber door; single window aligned above at 1st floor; regular fenestration to remaining 3 bays. Lower 2-bay section to right; pilastered, corniced doorpiece to left; timber door; single windows at ground and 1st floor (shuttered window at ground).

NW (AULD BRIG) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Timber door to outer right; 2 single windows to left; 2-leaf opening at ground to canted bay to outer left.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: infilled entrance at ground to left.

12-pane timber windows. Grey slate roof; stone skews; gablehead stacks; circular and polygonal cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

Occupies an important site adjacent to the N approach to Auld Brig (see separate list description). To the S of the properties are the Ramsay Gardens. A plaque reads "The Ramsay Gardens are dedicated to John Ramsay (1877-1962) of Ayr. A champion sprinter, gardener and, most of all, a conjurer of international repute. Erected by Kyle and Carrick District Council, 1994."

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17837691

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)