31 Head Street, Beith

Circa 1800, with later alterations (see Notes). 2-storey and attic, 3-bay L-plan villa with round stair tower in re-entrant angle to rear; single storey rubble byre at right angles to rear. Base course; angle and window margins; eaves course and moulded eaves cornice; straight skews with scrolled skewputts. Painted render façade; harled gables and rear with exposed ashlar margins.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central (modern) door recessed in pilastered key-block arched surround; flanking sets of bipartite windows to ground and 1st floors; central 1st floor window; 3 rooflights to attic.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: small, modern single storey extension at base of stair tower; modern picture window to ground of return gable.

FORMER BYRE: long, low pitched-roofed random rubble byre with large later 20th century rooflights and blocked openings.

UPVC windows, 2 timber sash and case windows to rear (1 original 12-pane window to stair tower). Grey slates in diminishing courses; 2 remaining corniced ashlar gable stacks (no cans) and 1 replacement stack to gable. Some lead rain-water guttering to rear.

INTERIOR: altered, no surviving chimneypieces. Central stair with original cast-iron balustrade and mahogany handrail; plain cornice to upper hall. Turnpike stair to attic.