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Violet Bank, 28 West Road, Irvine

A Category C Listed Building in Irvine, North Ayrshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6164 / 55°36'58"N

Longitude: -4.671 / 4°40'15"W

OS Eastings: 231881

OS Northings: 639102

OS Grid: NS318391

Mapcode National: GBR 38.M75K

Mapcode Global: WH2P3.63Y7

Plus Code: 9C7QJ88H+HH

Entry Name: Violet Bank, 28 West Road, Irvine

Listing Name: 28 West Road, Violet Bank, Including Boundary Walls and Outbuildings

Listing Date: 24 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391351

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44717

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200391351

Location: Irvine

County: North Ayrshire

Town: Irvine

Electoral Ward: Irvine West

Traditional County: Ayrshire

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan villa. Coursed sandstone to front, rendered to sides and rear, painted all round. Ashlar margins. Base course, eaves band and projecting cornice. Pilaster quoins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Central entrance door with cornice and deep blocking course, panelled door, bays flanking with matching windows at ground and 1st floors, plain painted margins.

N ELEVATION: blank wall, continuation of eaves cornice.

S ELEVATION: as N elevation.

E ELEVATION: 3 bays. 2-storey, bowed stair-tower projecting to centre; window at 1st floor, entrance door on S face in re-entrant angle with rectangular fanlight with curvilinear geometric astragals, flush- panelled door, small window above. Bay to left with windows in plain margins at ground and 1st floors. Bay to right with lean-to at ground floor and window.

Modern glazing. Piended roof, grey slate, rendered stacks to centre at eaves to N and S.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND OUTBUILDINGS: rubble stone outbuilding to E. Low rubble stone boundary wall to W, square gatepiers with pyramidal tops.

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