Salt Pan Houses, St Nicholas Golf Course, Prestwick

The Salt Pan Houses at St Nicholas Golf Course in Prestwick were built around 1760 for the salt boiling industry, specifically as part of the Maryburgh Salt Works. These structures likely served as salt pans with housing above. The buildings consist of two parallel blocks that are linked by a later wall, which has been raised and was originally open at the center. The overall arrangement is broadly symmetrical. Each block is two stories tall, has a rectangular plan, and features gabled roofs with end stacks. They are constructed from rubble with squared dressings, and the southern block is partially harled. Each block includes a wide opening in the west gable at a low level, with a timber lintel on the south side and a concrete lintel on the north. Additionally, there are forestairs and slate roofs, with deep skews and moulded skewputts suggesting that the original roof covering may have been pantiles or thatch.