The Hunting Lodge, 14 And 16 Glencairn Square, Kilmarnock

The Hunting Lodge is a public house and restaurant, built around 1925 by William Forrest Valentine in an Old English style. It is situated at 14 and 16 Glencairn Square, Kilmarnock, and is a two-and-a-half-story building with an irregular plan. The exterior is mainly harled and painted, with details in red sandstone ashlar, resting on a deep, coursed red sandstone rubble base course, a narrower band, and eaves courses. Half-timbered gables are present on the canted bay windows.

The northwest elevation, the main entrance front, features a two-leaf door within a canted surround. A heavy band course runs along the elevation, and a canted bipartite window is located on the first floor. A tower with a projecting cornice and a dome is distinguished by a curved course.

The west elevation, the principal façade, is essentially six bays with irregular window placement. The 5th bay contains an entrance door with elliptical panels on either side, while paired windows flank the 4th and 6th bays. A quadripartite window is in the 3rd bay, paired windows in the 2nd, and a tripartite window in the 1st. The first floor has projecting canted bays with triangular half-timbered gables over the 1st and 5th bays, paired windows in the 2nd bay, a quadripartite window in the 3rd bay, and a long window flanked by shorter windows in the 4th and 6th bays.

The north elevation is two-stories and three bays to the right. A door with an elliptical shape is on the ground floor to the left of the elevation, with a blind centre and a tall window to the right. A band course is visible. The first floor features paired windows, a slightly projecting corbelled tympanum gable in the centre with a small central window and a single window to the right bay. This last is surmounted by the tower's dome. A pair of flat-roofed dormers are situated in the attic, flanking the gable.

The east (rear) elevation is multi-gabled, with the north gable adjoining a later single-story, flat-roofed extension to the right. It also adjoins the ground floor of a two-story extension to the left. A tripartite window is on the first floor of the right return, while the left return is not visible.

The south elevation adjoins the northeast elevation of the Co-operative Premises in Low Glencairn Street.

Most windows have 6-pane upper and 9-pane lower lights, some with lower stained glass panels inside the bar, depicting different makes and types of beer and ale. The roof is piended and slate-covered, with grey slate cheeks to the dormers. A copper-domed roof surmounts the tower. Terracotta ridge tiles are visible on the main roofs and gables. Copper flashing is used for the flat-roofed dormers and dome. A copper, 6-pane Carron light is located on the lower north gable, and a Velux rooflight is present on the east elevation. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods are fitted. The stacks are harled and painted, with red ashlar neck copes and terracotta cans. A single can is on the stack within the tympanum gable. Four ventilation pipes are present on the west elevation of the roof, with three original, and a taller pipe replacing a former stack.

The interior consists of a lounge bar to the north and a restaurant to the south. The lounge bar has been generally remodelled, but retains original beams, timber and glazing dividers, and arched stained glass panels in the lounge bar windows. There are also some fireplaces and skirting boards. The restaurant was not inspected in 2001.