St John's Cottage, Maybole

Design from a pattern book by Richard Elsam, published 1803.

Early 19th century picturesque pavilion type cottage, with

symmetrical 1 and 2 storey garden front. Symmetrically

planned with 2 wings to south east. Stugged ashlar with

droved dressings. Entrance at north east in single storey

half-pitched wing, central door with flanking windows, all in

shallow round-headed recesses; single course of masonry of 2-

storey central block rises above outer roof to support eaves

and higher piend roof. Garden front with central, 2 storey

canted bay flanked by single storey half-pedimented, lean-to

bays. Outer windows in shallow round-headed recesses.

Return 3-bay elevation to south west, with bow at left. All

windows with 12-pane sashes except small rectangular upper

windows in canted bay. Shallow pitched or piended slate

roofs. 2 corniced stacks on mid-partition walls. Fine central

stair under a dome with delicate cast-iron balusters, simple

plasterwork and painted panels in the dome.