Bank, 51-53 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock

Possibly J & RS Ingram, circa 1870. 2-storey, 5-bay by 3-bay, rectangular-plan, classical commercial building with channelled piers to ground floor. Red Ballochmyle sandstone ashlar, rusticated to ground floor. Polished columns to 1st floor; balustraded parapet. Base and band courses.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to ground floor: step leading to central paired timber doors, each with 4-lying panels, enlarged rectangular fanlight surmounting. Narrower rectangular window with moulded sills and architraved surrounds flanking door; similarly treated larger windows to outer bays; lintels merging to form band course; rusticated pilasters with slightly advanced bases dividing all. To extreme left, small rectangular black street sign (JOHN FINNIE STREET inscribed and picked out in gold). Chamfered ground floor angle. Dentilled cornice over ground floor leading into projecting 1st floor: 3 identical arched bays consisting of blind balustraded sill, engaged column to flanks supporting architraved arched lintel, mask keystone, paired architraved band course surmounting; projecting paired Corinthian columns dividing windows and to outer angles, decorative winged lions heads in frieze above. Arched angle leading to Woodstock/Grange Place elevation. Dentilled, modillion cornice, balustraded parapet.

N ELEVATION: adjoining 2-storey, 43 - 49 John Finnie Street, listed separately.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: adjoining single storey stable building at 3 Grange Place, listed separately.

S ELEVATION: to ground floor, 3 regularly placed rectangular bays with moulded sills and architraved surrounds, centre bay narrower; lintels forming band course, rusticated pilasters with slightly advanced bases dividing; to extreme right, small black rectangular street sign (GRANGE PLACE inscribed and picked out in gold), contemporary street sign (WOODSTOCK STREET) adjacent to left. Dentilled cornice over ground floor leading into projecting 1st floor: 3 identical arched bays consisting of blind balustraded sill, engaged column to flanks supporting architraved arched lintel, mask keystone, paired architraved band course surmounting; projecting paired Corinthian columns dividing windows and to outer angles, decorative winged lions heads in frieze above. Dentilled, modillion cornice, balustraded parapet.

Later, timber single pane windows to ground floor elevations. 3-pane timber casement windows to 1st floor: paired panes with semi-circular fixed arched window surmounting. Shallow, piended grey slate roof. Concealed, cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: formerly offices, then a bank: wooden panelled interior of ground floor bank, now missing. Upstairs office: fine plastered ceiling surviving, ornate ceiling roses, plaster cornicing and angles.