90, 92, 94 Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock

This is a three-storey, three-bay Glasgow Style tenement building at 90, 92, and 94 Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock. It was designed by James Hay in 1902, with later shops added around 1935 by Alex Dunlop. The rear elevation was altered at a later date. The principal facade is constructed of red sandstone ashlar with polished dressings, while the rear elevation uses yellow stock brick with red sandstone dressings. Red brick stacks and faience tiles on the later shop fronts are also present. The roof is piended, with a catslide roof over the central staircase bay at the rear.

The principal west elevation features a panelled entrance door with a rectangular fanlight above, set within a tiled surround with black and white detailing. Shops are located to either side of the entrance. The shop to the right has a later central inset door with plate glass windows and a projecting fascia that stretches across both shops, bearing the name "R. Stewart" in raised letters. The shop to the left has a timber and glazing shop door and a plate glass window. Recessed bow windows are positioned in the outer bays of the first and second floors, with delicate pilasters and a continuous sill and lintel course. The central bay of the first floor has an architraved window with a projecting sill, and a tram rosette is positioned alongside it. The central bay of the second floor has a plain window. Deep eaves overhang the facade.

The north elevation abuts a later two-storey building. The east rear elevation is rectangular, with a T-plan staircase and halls projecting to the centre. The south elevation is a gable adjoining a taller, later building, which was formerly a fire station.

The building’s interior includes a stone-flagged close, a central staircase, and panelled timber doors leading to a rear drying green. Residential doors open off the upper landings. R. Stewart’s shop retains partial timber panelling and shelving, with a timber and glazing window fitment separating the display area from the interior. Titchfield Barbers is a later renovated shop.

Most of the windows on the principal elevation are replacement PVCu windows of varying designs. Original timber sash and case windows, featuring an 8-pane upper sash and plate glass lower sash, remain in the top-right flat, and a few similar windows are present on the rear elevation. The roof is covered with grey slate, and tall red brick gablehead stacks topped with thin stone copes and terracotta cans are prominent. A smaller roof stack with paired cans is located centrally on the principal elevation, and rainwater goods are being gradually replaced with plastic.