Miners' Welfare, 1 Wood Road, Troon

The Miners' Welfare, located at 1 Wood Road, Troon, dates to around 1840, with substantial additions made in 1936 by Alex Mair. It is a symmetrical, two-storey, three-bay classical house. A single-storey, two-bay wing was originally recessed to the left (this has since been demolished on the right side), and a modern addition extends to the outer left. A two-storey and basement, L-shaped addition is situated to the outer right, featuring four bays facing Wood Road.

The building is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble, partially painted, with dressings of droved sandstone. Features include a raised base course, a cill course at the first floor level, and a raised eaves course beneath overhanging, dentilled eaves. Long and short quoins and surrounds define the openings, with projecting cills at ground level and a columnar entrance porch. The single-storey wing to the left has corniced eaves and a blocking course. Harled finishes are present on the additions to the outer left and right, with polished dressings on the L-shaped block.

The northwest (entrance) elevation features a centrally positioned two-leaf timber-panelled door within an advanced, columnar porch, topped with a pediment and plate glass fanlight. A single window is located above the door. Single windows are placed at both ground and first floor levels in the flanking bays. The single-storey wing to the left has a single full-height window with columnar reveals and flanking pilasters, and another window in an advanced bay, recessed within a panel. The southwest wing has tripartite windows on both ground and first floors in the bay to its outer left, and single windows in the subsequent four bays. A full-height projection to the outer right showcases boarded openings at basement level, three round-arched windows at ground floor, and three square-headed windows above. A further wing is recessed to the extreme outer right.

The southwest wing’s side elevation displays a similar pattern of tripartite windows at ground and first floors, followed by single windows across four bays. The original block has a grey slate, piended and platform roof; the addition has a piended roof. Replacement rainwater goods are in place. Corniced ridge and wallhead stacks are characteristic of the original block, while the addition features coped stacks and various circular cans.

The interior was not inspected in 1997.

The site is enclosed by a low, coped red sandstone wall along Wood Road, stepped to follow the slope. Tooled sandstone, square-plan piers with pyramidal caps flank a pedestrian entrance to the right-hand wing. A coped red brick wall forms the boundary to Bradan Road.