Public House, 2, 4, 6 Reform Street, Beith

This is a two-storey public house with a basement and attic, dating back to the later 18th century. It is located on a sloping site in Beith and features a distinctive shaped gable, known as a 'nepus' gable, and a curved bay on the right side. Originally four bays wide, one ground floor window on the right has been blocked. The façade is rendered, with painted margins around the windows and a decorative band course separating the ground and first floors. Angle pilasters accent the nepus gable. A 19th-century, piend-roofed dormer has been added to the right.

The rear elevation has an irregular arrangement of windows and includes a later, single-storey lean-to addition. Most of the windows have been replaced with UPVC frames, retaining the original small-pane sash and case style in just two locations – one on the first floor at the far right, and in the curved gable. The roof is covered in grey slates with flat skews, and there are chimney stacks, though the original metal cans are now missing.

The interior was not inspected in 2003.

The building is part of a group of structures with 15, 17, and 19 Main Street. Formerly known as the Old Deer Inn, the building exemplifies the common nepus-gabled style seen in Beith. The symmetry of the front façade remains despite the later dormer and blocked window. Beith's prosperity in the 18th century, based on textiles and tanning, and a history of smuggling, resulted in a high number of public houses and inns, including this one which was first identified as such on an Ordnance Survey map from 1910, though it likely operated as an inn before that date. Reform Street, formerly known as Bunswynd, has suffered from modern road alterations and demolition, but this building retains a prominent position near the Cross. Plans were in place in 2003 for a sympathetic restoration and conversion to dwellings by the St Vincent Crescent Preservation Trust, in conjunction with the adjacent buildings at 15-19 Main Street. The building appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858.