7-8 De Walden Terrace, Kilmarnock

A group of seven two-storey, four-bay houses, plus an additional one at the end, forming a stepped L-plan terrace, built circa 1896 to 1904 by Gabriel Andrew. The terrace is located in Kilmarnock. The houses are constructed of rock-faced red Ballochmyle ashlar with polished sandstone dressings. The rear elevations and the east gable of the end house feature yellow and red stock brick, with red sandstone lintels and sills. The design includes slightly projecting margins and a deep base course. Half-timbered gables embellish the bay windows. The stepped, plain skew gables are divided by squared skewputts, marking the separation of the individual houses.

The west-facing elevation consists of seven houses, each two-storeys and four bays wide. The first and third bays of each house feature architraved door surrounds, topped with arched pediments and broken-apex triangular pediments. These frame two-leaf timber panel doorcases, with rectangular fanlights above. The second bay of each house showcases a two-storey, three-light canted bay window, while the fourth bay has a bipartite window. The first floor windows consist of single windows in bays one and three, and a bipartite window in bay four, all with bracketed sills. A piended, half-timbered, bracketed gable surmounts the canted bay window in the second bay.

The rear elevation is two-storeys and four bays, with regular fenestration to the first three bays, including a ground-floor door in the middle bay. A projecting two-storey, four-bay section extends from the rear, featuring a ground-floor window and door, a first-floor window, and a roof light to a catslide roof. The north elevation presents a blind gable with a central roof stack, along with a sandstone boundary wall attached to the ground floor on the right.

The south-facing elevation, marking the end of the terrace, displays a slightly projecting two-storey, three-light canted bay window to the left. A low wall with turned timber balustrades supports an open, piended porch in the re-entrant angle of the second bay, sheltering a two-leaf timber door with a rectangular fanlight above. A single window sits above the door on the first floor, while bipartite windows are present on both storeys to the right. A single bay addition extends to the right, with a central, three-light canted bay window, a bracketed half-timbered gable supported by the bay window, and a single window to each floor on the return side. A much later lean-to has been added to the ground floor on the right return.

The principal (west) elevation has two-pane timber sash and case windows. Rear windows have varying pane replacements. The roof is piended grey slate, overhanging at the eaves, with a catslide roof over the rear stair tower. Metal ridging, flashing, and valleys are present, alongside painted cast-iron rainwater goods, some of which have been replaced with plastic. Red brick stacks feature projecting red sandstone neck copes and multiple cans.

The interiors retain a good level of original timberwork in most of the houses, including skirting boards, semi-panelled halls, cornicing, and picture rails.

The boundary walls are constructed of low-coursed sandstone with segmental and swept angle copes, marking former gate entrances. A harled and painted yellow brick boundary wall runs along the south side, while yellow brick boundary walls with glazed segmental terracotta copes define the east side of the properties. Former semi-detached, single-storey washhouses are built into the boundary walls at the rear of the gardens, and have largely been converted with modern metal garage doors, all with piended roofs.