South Lodge, Woodside

South Lodge, dating to the mid-19th century, is a single-storey, asymmetrical lodge with gabled detailing. It was later extended in the 20th century. The building exhibits Gothic architectural features, including pointed arched openings, square-headed hoodmoulds above the windows and gable bipartites (the northeast one being blocked), and sawtooth skews to the gables. An enclosed entrance porch is located in a re-entrant angle to the northwest, featuring a timber panelled door and a window to the return. To the right is a canted quadripartite bay window with a dummy slit window above. The lodge was extended to the southeast, incorporating the original sawtooth skews into the gable, and features original single and bipartite windows to the southwest elevation. The exterior is rendered with ashlar margins.

The interior was not inspected in 2003 and no original features remain.

The windows are timber sash and case, along with timber casement windows. The roof is covered in grey slates, and paired hexagonal ashlar ridge stacks are present, though without cans.

South Lodge is part of the Woodside estate, which was the home of the Ralstoun family from 1551 until the late 18th century and later the Cochran-Patricks, a wealthy Ayrshire family. Woodside House itself, listed separately, dates back to 1551, but has undergone remodelling in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Charles S S Johnston carried out extensive architectural work in the late 19th century, imbuing Woodside House with a Baronial appearance.

South Lodge and the North Lodge (listed separately) are likely contemporary, constructed in the mid-19th century. Expansion of the Woodside estate occurred in 1848 with an extension for William Cochran-Patrick. West Woodside, formerly the stables and listed separately, is later, possibly circa 1860, following Robert William Cochran-Patrick's inheritance.

The lodge is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858 and is discussed in Paterson’s HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF AYR & WIGTON (1866). Further information is available from the Cochran-Patrick vault at Beith Old Parish Church (listed separately).