Morrison Congregational Church, George Street, Ayr is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 January 1980. Former church. 1 related planning application.
Morrison Congregational Church, George Street, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- swift-remnant-acorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1980
- Type
- Former church
- Address
- Morrison Congregational Church, George Street, Ayr, KA8 0AH
- OS grid reference
- NS 340 222
- Coordinates
- 55.46559, -4.6258
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Morrison Congregational Church, located on George Street in Ayr, was built in 1779 with additions and internal alterations made by JA Morris in 1901. This former church is a two-storey, four-bay rectangular structure designed in a severe classical style and finished with harled walls.
On the south elevation, which serves as the entrance, there is a two-leaf timber door set in a recessed single bay added in 1901, topped by a broken segmental pediment. A projecting lamp fitting is positioned above the door. To the left of the entrance, there is a small single window, and above it, a fanlight opening is located at the first floor. The central gabled bay features two round-arched openings, with a moulded notice plaque within. Single windows are found flanking the central bay on both the ground and gallery levels to the outer right and left.
The east elevation, facing Limonds Wynd, includes two single windows in the main building, along with a square-headed entrance and flanking single windows in the single-storey, piend-roofed section added in 1901 to the outer right.
The north and west elevations were not visible in 1999. The building has boarded window openings and a slate piend roof with a platform, complemented by a harled wallhead stack and a circular can. It also features cast-iron rainwater goods.
The interior was not seen in 1999. Additionally, there is an ornate two-leaf art nouveau gate with railings at the south elevation.
Local climate
Morrison Congregational Church, George Street, Ayr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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