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Latitude: 55.4617 / 55°27'41"N
Longitude: -4.6358 / 4°38'8"W
OS Eastings: 233449
OS Northings: 621805
OS Grid: NS334218
Mapcode National: GBR 39.XWSC
Mapcode Global: WH2PP.RZPD
Plus Code: 9C7QF967+MM
Entry Name: 4 Wellington Square, Ayr
Listing Name: 4 Wellington Square Including Railings and Gate
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 394619
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47243
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Ayr, 4 Wellington Square
ID on this website: 200394619
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 to rear), 3-bay classical house forming part of terrace. Painted ashlar. Banded rustication to 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 doorpiece (with later architrave); 2-leaf timber door; segmental fanlight; single window aligned above at 1st floor; timber door with letterbox fanlight aligned below at basement. Regular fenestration to flanking bays at basement, ground and 1st floors.
Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows (12-pane at basement). Grey slate roof; coped stacks; circular and square-plan cans.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
RAILINGS AND GATE: ashlar copes surmounted by spear-headed iron railings (pineapple finials delineate sections); gate to outer 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. Mutual eaves course, cornice and blocking course with remainder of terrace (No 1 slightly higher).
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