6 Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock

Gabriel Andrew of Andrew & Newlands, circa 1904. Pair of 2-storey, 2-bay attached Glasgow style villas. Coursed, polished red Ballochmyle ashlar. Projecting bay windows. Deep base course and projecting sill course to upper storey. Skew gabled with angled kneeler putts.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: No.5: ashlar steps flanked by red sandstone wall with segmental copes. Arched entrance: pilasters supporting stone voussoirs and prominent keystone, decorative plaque to left with shared plaque to middle. Recessed central timber door with glazed panels to flanks, 5-pane semi-circular fanlight surmounting. To left, double height, 5-light canted bay window with plain parapet, recessed gablehead surmounting with central carved trefoil with moulding above and below; single recessed rectangular window within segmental headed opening to 2nd bay on 2nd storey.

NE & SW ELEVATION: wallhead stack to right, gablet to upper storey on left, reversed to SW.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 2001

Replacement PVCu glazing: fixed single lower light with opening 6-pane upper hopper, retaining look of original glazing plan (smaller upper sash divided vertically into 3-lights, larger fixed single pane lower light). Piended grey slate roof. Terracotta ridging tiles, lead flashing and valleys. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods. Tall red brick stacks held by wrought-iron supporting bars, shaped ashlar bases and moulded ashlar neck copes, tall terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: some plaster cornicing to reception rooms; skirting boards; panelled doors; timber balustrades and newel post.