The Davidson Hospital, The Avenue, Girvan is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 May 1980. Hospital. 4 related planning applications.
The Davidson Hospital, The Avenue, Girvan
- WRENN ID
- quartered-glass-grove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1980
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- The Davidson Hospital, The Avenue, Girvan, KA26 9DS
- OS grid reference
- NX 189 979
- Coordinates
- 55.24255, -4.84985
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Davidson Hospital, located on The Avenue in Girvan, was designed by Watson, Salmond and Gray in 1921. This single-storey hospital features a central three-bay block with an attic and showcases Neo-Georgian architectural details. The building is constructed from snecked and squared rubble, accented with ashlar dressings. The central entrance includes a door framed by simply moulded architraves, topped with a scrolled and broken segmental pediment that encloses a name panel, supported by brackets. The attic features three windows with alternating shaped gable heads, and the building is topped with a piended slate roof. The central block is connected to drum-fronted wings, each with three windows and piended roofs, and there are tall stacks symmetrically placed on the roof. A modern addition has been made to the right of the original structure, blending in with the overall design.
Local climate
The Davidson Hospital, The Avenue, Girvan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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