Sandgate Church Of Scotland, 58A Sandgate, Ayr

Sandgate Church of Scotland, located at 58A Sandgate in Ayr, was designed by William Gale in 1845, with the hall dated 1878. This rectangular-plan gabled Norman church features a clerestory and is constructed of polished ashlar. Notable architectural elements include a base course, squared bracket cornice, angle buttresses, and pyramid pinnacles.

The southeast elevation, which serves as the entrance, has steps leading to a central arched entrance. This entrance is adorned with decorative capitals on the shafts, arcaded decorative corbelling, a ball-flower hoodmould, and decorative label-stops. It features a two-leaf timber door with a leaded fanlight above. A tall three-light arched window is positioned above the entrance, showcasing a single shaft order and chevron moulding on the arch soffits, along with a ball-flower hoodmould and decorative label-stops. Above this, there is corbelled blind arcading linked to the ground by thin flanking moulding, and a roundel is present at the gablehead, featuring cuspwork and stained glass. There are also single architraved round-arched windows in recessed bays to the outer left and right.

The northwest elevation, which is the church hall, consists of three bays and has an advanced lean-to entrance porch that is gabletted at the center. Steps lead to a round-arched entrance flanked by shafts, with fretwork on the arch soffit and square label-stops on the hoodmould. This entrance also has a two-leaf timber door with a leaded fanlight. Flanking the entrance are single round-arched architraved windows, with a three-light window aligned above in the main hall, featuring a ball-flower hoodmould and double ball-flower label-stop. A roundel on the truncated gable is dated 1878, with single round-arched architraved windows flanking it.

The church features leaded and stained glass windows and has a grey slate roof.

Inside, the architectural features include a timber panelled pulpit, screen walls, and a gallery, with ball-flower detailing on fluted columns and corbelled wall-posts.

The property is enclosed by iron gatepiers and a two-leaf central gate, with additional gatepiers and single iron gates on the outer left and right. Iron railings surmount a coped boundary wall that encloses the site.