Torwood, 73 London Road, Kilmarnock

Circa 1885. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular Gothic Revival villa with projecting bay window, much later 2-storey extension to NW. Coursed ashlar, harled and painted; coursed rubble sides, harled and painted. Painted ashlar dressings and cornices. Base and sill courses. Gabled windows with ball and spike finials. Plain skew gables with block skewputts.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central entrance: stepped surround leading to projecting pilasters, scroll brackets supporting square detailed plinth with TORWOOD plaque to centre, advanced stepped triangular canopy surmounting; recessed entrance door, shouldered rectangular fanlight surmounting. Band course above, central hoodmoulded window to 1st floor. Advanced gable to right bay, 2-storey, 3-sided canted bay window, window to each side to each storey, cornice supporting battlements, recessed gablehead to rear with arrowslit, squared finial with further ornate cushioned finial with spike surmounting. To left slightly advanced bay: 3-sided canted bay window with later piended roof to ground floor, corbelled 1st floor window with hoodmould, squared putts and projecting spiked pole finial breaking gablehead. Single storey, single bay wing to left: central window, scrolled brackets with block detail supporting stepped triangular canopy surmounting, low corniced parapet concealing roofline.

SE ELEVATION: single bay adjoining to ground floor (see NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION), blind gable above.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 2001.

NW ELEVATION: later 20th century 2-storey stepped extension concealing 1 ? -storeys of original elevation, blind gable of main house's upper storey still visible.

2-pane sash and case windows, horns to upper sashes, replacement windows to ground floor left bay window, single bay to central window. Shallow piended grey slate roof to main house and gablet windows. Metal ridging, valleys and flashing. Rooflight to right of gabled bay window. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods, gutters concealed within eaves cornice. Tall stacks to gableheads: high base block with painted ashlar coping, 5 squared stacks set at 90 degrees to base of stack, projecting corniced neck copes leading to angled square cans.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2001.