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Latitude: 55.4617 / 55°27'42"N
Longitude: -4.6363 / 4°38'10"W
OS Eastings: 233415
OS Northings: 621808
OS Grid: NS334218
Mapcode National: GBR 39.XWNH
Mapcode Global: WH2PP.RZFD
Plus Code: 9C7QF967+MF
Entry Name: 8 Wellington Square, Ayr
Listing Name: 7 and 8 Wellington Square Including Railings and Gate
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 394623
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47245
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Ayr, 8 Wellington Square
ID on this website: 200394623
Location: Ayr
County: South Ayrshire
Town: Ayr
Electoral Ward: Ayr West
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Early 19th century. 2-storey with basement and attic, 4-bay mirrored pair of classical houses (excluding attic) forming part of terrace. Painted ashlar. Droved rustication at basement; ground floor band and cill course; eaves course; cornice; blocking course. Architraved windows; cornices to ground floor windows.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central stepped platt oversailing basement; corniced, block-pedimented columnar doorpieces; timber doors; letterbox fanlights (4-light to No 8); single windows aligned above at 1st floor; single timber doors aligned below at basement. Regular fenestration at basement, ground and 1st floors to outer bays. Single dormer at attic to No 7, tripartite dormer to No 8.
Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows to No 7 (12-pane at basement, 6-pane to upper sash at attic); 12-pane to No 8; rooflights. Grey slate roof; coped stacks; circular cans.
INTERIORS: not seen 1998.
RAILINGS AND GATE: ashlar copes surmounted by spear-headed iron railings (urn finials delineate sections); gate to outer right only.
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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