Stables, Springhill House, Portland Road, Kilmarnock

The stables at Springhill House, located on Portland Road, Kilmarnock, date to around 1840. This is a one-and-a-half storey, rectangular stable complex arranged around a courtyard, notable for its classical detailing and canted arch entrance with a pediment. The primary facade is constructed from coursed cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings, while the remaining elevations are rendered and painted. A random sandstone wall marks the boundary. The building features clasping pilasters at the corners, a cornice, and a blocking course.

The principal, southwest elevation is single-storey and three bays wide. A projecting central entrance bay features giant pilasters, moulded imposts supporting architraved voussoirs, a semi-scrolled keystone, and a pediment with a blind oculus in the tympanum, topped with acroteria. A door is located to the right of the entrance archway; tall, semi-circular headed niches, now windows, are set to either side. Angle pilasters support the cornice.

The western elevation has a window in the centre and to the right, with a small rectangular window to the one-and-a-half storey section on the left. A lean-to section connects the stable to the boundary wall, with a window in its gable end. The northern elevation sees the stable wall merge with the stone boundary wall. The eastern elevation displays a one-and-a-half storey, three-bay section to the left, with a blank ground floor centre and three wallhead dormers to the one-and-a-half storey. To the right is a single-storey, two-bay wing. The southern elevation features three regularly placed windows on the ground floor and two small, irregularly placed windows on the one-and-a-half storey above; a stone outhouse projects to the extreme right.

The courtyard elevations vary: the east side displays a single-storey section with a window and paired doors, alongside a one-and-a-half storey, two-bay section. On the south side is a central ground floor window within a former pend, and a wallhead dormer to the upper level. The north side has a door at the extreme left and two horizontally and vertically placed windows to the right. The west side contains a ground floor door to the right, with windows to the centre and left; a central wallhead dormer to the upper level is flanked by rooflights to a mansard roof.

Two-pane fixed arched windows are found on the principal elevation, while 12-pane timber sash and case windows are present on the courtyard and other elevations. The roof is grey slate with lead and zinc ridging and flashing. A low stone ashlar stack with plain cans is visible, along with painted cast-iron rainwater goods.

Internally, the building has been renovated and rooms reorganised from their original function as animal and groom accommodation. While mostly modern, some original timberwork and beams remain. The original stone-flagged courtyard has been replaced with a modern driveway paved with multi-coloured bricks, notably within the entrance pend.