Lodge, Springhill House, 56 Portland Road, Kilmarnock

Circa 1840. Single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan Greek Revival lodge with later single storey rear extension. Painted coursed ashlar with painted dressings. Deeply projecting moulded cornice, blocking course.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2 stone steps leading to central advanced bay with fluted Doric columns in antis flanking door; pediment above breaking eaves; plain rectangular window with projecting sill to outer bays.

N ELEVATION: advanced bay to right with fluted Doric columns in antis flanking recessed window, to centre linking bay, advanced blind bay to left with window in left return.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 2001 but part of modern extension.

S ELEVATION: advanced bay to left with angle pilaster and central window, to centre linking bay with window, advanced bay to right with central fluted Doric columns in antis flanking recessed window.

Stained 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with zinc ridging and flashing (replacing former flat roof concealed behind low parapet); regularly placed modern ventilation tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods painted to resemble building, i.e. black gutter at eaves, cream downpipes to elevations. Small square painted roofline stack with projecting moulded neck copes and single black can.

INTERIOR: formerly derelict with original interiors destroyed; refurbished to resemble original and extended to rear (circa 1990).