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Latitude: 55.4617 / 55°27'41"N
Longitude: -4.6355 / 4°38'7"W
OS Eastings: 233468
OS Northings: 621803
OS Grid: NS334218
Mapcode National: GBR 39.XWVY
Mapcode Global: WH2PP.RZTD
Plus Code: 9C7QF967+MR
Entry Name: 2 Wellington Square, Ayr
Listing Name: 2 and 3 Wellington Square Including Railings and Gates
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 394617
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47242
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Ayr, 2 Wellington Square
ID on this website: 200394617
Location: Ayr
County: South Ayrshire
Town: Ayr
Electoral Ward: Ayr West
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Earlier 19th century. 2-storey with basement and attic, 4-bay mirrored pair of classical houses (excluding attic) forming part of terrace. Painted ashlar. Banded rustication at basement; ground floor band course; eaves course; cornice; blocking course. Architraved windows; square brackets to lower cill corners at ground floor; cornices to ground floor windows.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central stepped platt oversailing basement; corniced, consoled block-pedimented doorpieces; timber doors; decorative looped letterbox fanlight; single windows aligned above at 1st floor. Regular fenestration at ground and 1st floors to flanking bays. 1 dormer at attic to No 2, 2 dormers at attic to No 3. Timber door; narrow letterbox fanlight; flanking single windows to both Nos at basement.
Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows (12- and 4-pane windows at basement); rooflight. Grey slate roof; coped stacks; circular cans.
INTERIORS: not seen 1998.
RAILINGS AND GATES: ashlar copes surmounted by spear-headed iron railings (urn finials delineate sections); gates to outer left and right.
B Group with Nos 1-12 (Inclusive), 16-27 (Inclusive), Sheriff Court (No 14), County Buildings, Monuments to James George Smith Neill, Earl of Eglinton and Wintoun, Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, War Memorial, and Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls. The palace-fronted square as proposed by John Robertson in 1799 was not pursued, instead individual feuars were allowed to develop the square. Eaves course, cornice and blocking course mutual with remainder of terrace (No 1 slightly higher).
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