Gatepiers And Railings, Former Technical School, Elmbank Avenue, Kilmarnock

Gabriel Andrew and William Newlands, 1907-1909; 1912 extension by Ayrshire Education Authority. 2-storey, 11-bay early 20th century baroque school with raised basement and later 11-bay wing to right. E-plan main block; pedimented centre projection; banded rustication to ground floor; band course at ground floor; panelled pilasters with decorative cartouches at angles; elevation divided by pilaster strips with ancones; balustraded parapet; raised cills to all windows; raised lintels to all 1st floor windows. Red Ballochmyle sandstone ashlar.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION

11-BAY PRINCIPAL RANGE: projecting central bay: recessed entrance door with approach flight of steps; segmental fanlight above; large, elaborate, moulded shell-hood supported on massive, decorated scrolls; central hanging ornament holding original light-fitting; cartouches flank shell-hood; paired attached Ionic columns with drop mouldings and entablature, decorated with symbols of science and art,

flank 9-light mullion and transom windows at 1st floor; broken pediment above; semi-circular tympanum decorated with allegorical figures at bottom of pediment; mask and garland swags at top. Projecting 3-bay pavilions: regular fenestration, with keystones, at basement; architraved and aproned windows at 1st floor; console bracket keystones to all windows; central window with open segmental pediment; regular fenestration above with architraved and aproned windows, all with consoled bracket keystones. 2-bay recesses flank centre: 2 bipartite, keystoned windows at basement; 2 4-light mullioned and transom windows at 1st floor with cill brackets; 2 4-light mullioned and transom windows above at 2nd floor with shouldered architrave and cill brackets. Right return: 3-bays to left with regular fenestration; attached wing to right.

1912, 11-BAY WING: 2-storey, 11-bay wing to right: recessed 3-bay range with regular fenestration; 8-bay projection with regular fenestration.

SW ELEVATION: 12-bay elevation; basement door in 2nd bay from left; bipartite windows with keystones in 5th -12th bays; 3-bay pavilions (design as end pavilions of main elevation). 6-bay central range: 4-light mullioned and transom windows with raised cills and cill brackets at 1st floor; 4-light mullioned and transom windows with shouldered architraves, raised cills and cill brackets at 2nd floor.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: later redbrick additions.

Blocked windows. Grey slate U-plan piended roof.

INTERIOR: property currently empty and boarded up (2001).

GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: wrought-iron railings with pointed heads and dog bars; similarly designed gates. Ballochmyle ashlar gatepiers with pedimented capitals.