Millport Field Centre, Marine Parade, Millport

Peter Macgregor Chalmers, 1896-7 (wing to west), with 1904 addition linking J B Wilson, Son & Honeyman, 1939 wing to east. U-plan former marine station, comprising pair of 2-storey, 8-bay gabled wings with linking 2-storey, 6-bay section. The building is situated on the south-east coast of Great Cumbrae and overlooks the sea to the mainland. Red and cream squared sandstone rubble with band courses to the south gable elevations. Large Diocletian (semi-circular) windows to the upper storey of the south gables, set in recessed round-arches and facing the sea.

Roofs with concrete tiles and synthetic slates and with red ridge tiling and raised shouldered skews. Non-traditional large rooflights to the 1897 building. Some timber casement windows. Predominantly non-traditional replacement windows.

The interior was seen in 2014. The room on the upper floor of the 1897 building is a library and has an open timber roof with corbels. Decorative metal balusters and a timber banister to the stair. There is a 1953 aquarium within the building. Some part-glazed doors.