38 London Road, Kilmarnock

This is a semi-detached pair of classical villas dating from circa 1840, with later additions by Andrew & Newlands in 1903. The houses are rectangular in plan and extended to the rear. They are built of painted coursed sandstone ashlar to the front, with painted rubble to the sides, and polished ashlar dressings, now painted. The side elevation windows have projecting sills, and the building is corniced with a low parapet.

The principal London Road elevation is two storeys and four bays, with the end bays slightly advanced and flanked by giant pilasters which rise from the plinth and support the cornice and blocking course. The regularly placed ground floor windows have architraves, and the first-floor windows have matching entablatures and recessed apron panels. A string course separates the ground and first floors.

The rear (NE) elevation was not visible in 2001. The SW elevation of number 36 has low stone walls flanking a simple corniced door; a long window to the right bay and a shorter one to the left bay, with a smaller window to the extreme left. The first floor has three regularly placed bays. A blind end of a rear extension adjoins the left side, and a single-storey wall on the right contains a boarded timber door and a garage door.

The SE elevation of number 38 has a central Ionic entrance portico with columns to the front and engaged pilasters to the rear, supporting an entablature with a plain frieze and moulded cornice. There is a long, blind window to the left bay and a shorter window to the right bay, with a door to the extreme right behind a low projecting wall. The first floor has three regularly placed bays, with the central bay being tripartite. A blind end of the rear extension adjoins the right side, and a single-storey wall on the left contains boarded timber doors.

The windows are mostly two-pane timber sash and case windows with horned upper sashes. A replacement window of squared quarry is present above the ornate portico and to the right. The roof is piended and platformed, covered with grey slate, with partial aluminium and tiled ridging, and aluminium flashing. The rainwater goods are painted cast iron, with gutters partially concealed by the eaves and downpipes concealed in the re-entrant angles of the main pilasters. Paired yellow brick stacks are located centrally on the roofline, each with moulded stone neck copes and four tall, ornate cans. Additional stacks are present on the rear elevation.

The interior was not inspected in 2001, but the building is in private residential use.