Kilmarnock Arms, 108-114 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock

Circa 1890. 3-storey, 7-bay, Classical commercial corner building; 3-storey, 2-bay returning to Nelson Street. Red sandstone ashlar with polished dressings, band and eaves courses. Pilastered and architraved windows. Yellow brick rear elevation and lesser stacks.

W (PRINCIPAL - JOHN FINNIE STREET) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated later ground floor. To 1st and 2nd bays, much later shop front with roll down security shutters; large painted fascia board lit by gold lights above; to 3rd bay, door with window to flanks; no fascia, but arched sign to left of window. From end of 4th bay to start of 7th bay, shop window with small arched sign to right, pair of semi-glazed doors to right; large fascia board lit by gold lights above. To 7th and 8th bay, large paired windows; panelled door to right with small rectangular fanlight surmounting. 7 regularly placed architraved windows to 1st floor. String course supporting band course. To 2nd floor, 7 pilastered windows with recessed rectangular aprons above band course; angle pilasters, all pilasters adjoining eaves course.

N (NELSON STREET) ELEVATION: later door to ground floor left with original bipartite window to right. To 1st floor: paired windows to left, single window to right. To 2nd floor: window to right, now blind.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: partially concealed behind Bank Street and Nelson Street buildings; some blind brick expanses visible near eaves.

S ELEVATION: blind gable end adjoining lower 2-storey building (currently insurance and Co-op Funeral and Monumental Services).

2-pane timber sash and case windows to upper floors, horned upper sashes; replacement mock sash and case window 5th bay of 2nd floor. Modern plate glass shop windows to ground floor retail units with semi-glazed doors. Later, pitched, brown concrete tile, replacement roof; matching ridge tiles. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods to principal elevations; gutters concealed by cornice, downpipes to N elevation; replacement plastic gutter to rear elevation. Coursed, red ashlar wallhead stack to 3rd bay of principal elevation, with stepped base, projecting neck copes and 4 yellow cans. Similar stepped stack between bays 7 and 8, but narrower with 3 yellow cans. Yellow brick wallhead stack to N elevation, replacement terracotta cans; much later silver ventilation flues to angles. Wide, yellow brick, roofline stack with stone neck cope and 4 cans.

INTERIOR: ground floor modernised to form food outlets, previously a public house. Upper floors, not seen, 2001.