Cessford, 17 Crosbie Road, Troon

Possibly James Archibald Morris, circa 1901-02. Asymmetrical, 2 storey with attic, 3-bay Free Style house with full-height single bay recessed to outer left; balustraded porte-cochere to front. Squared and snecked tooled cream sandstone (partly rake-jointed); polished sandstone dressings; polished ashlar porte-cochere. No base course; overhanging timber bracketed eaves. Polished quoins; polished long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; chamfered cills; sandstone mullions. Rubble sandstone walls enclosing sunken garden to front. Single storey, 3-bay modern garage block to E.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement, part-glazed timber panelled door in basket-arched surround off-set to right of centre; tripartite glazing row in bay to left (basket-arched surrounds); arcaded porte-cochere to front with balustraded parapet and ball-finialed piers; 6-light canted window centred in skewed 1st floor gable. Projecting 5-light windows at both floors in bay to outer right (crenellated parapet breaking eaves at 1st floor); 3-light cat-slide dormer above. 4 light canted window at ground in bay to left of entrance; crenellated parapet; tripartite window at 1st floor; 3-light cat-slide dormer above. Tripartite windows at both floors in bay recessed to outer left.

Replacement 2-pane timber sash and case windows throughout. Slightly bell-cast, red tile roof; decorative ridge tiling; raised skews. Decorative rainwater goods; coped ridge and wallhead stacks; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

SUNKEN GARDEN WALLS: low coped walls enclosing sunken garden to front; ball-finials flanking stairs from upper level.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: polished coping to part stepped, tooled cream rubble sandstone wall enclosing site; ball finials; timber pedestrian entry gate. Polished square-plan piers flanking original entrance; dentilled cornice; pyramidal caps surmounting sculpted balls; replacement gates. Modern, square-plan piers flanking inner entrance.