Newton Tower, Main Street, Ayr

Newton Tower, located on Main Street in Ayr, was built in 1795. It is a single bay, five-stage square-plan tower topped with an octagonal spire. The exterior features painted render with painted margins, and band courses that separate the first and second stages on the west elevation. String courses mark the remaining stages on all sides, with ball finials at the base of the spire's angles, louvred openings on the principal spire faces, and a weather-vane finial.

The west elevation, which serves as the entrance, has an elliptical-arched central pend with single windows above it on the second and third stages. The third stage features a round-arched window, while the fourth stage has an octagonal opening. A clock face is located on the fifth stage.

On the east elevation, which faces King Street at the rear, there is also an elliptical-arched central pend and a single window aligned above at the second stage, along with a clock face on the fifth stage.

The north and south elevations, which are the side views facing King Street, each have clock faces on their fifth stages.

The tower has timber windows and a stone spire. The interior was not seen during the 1998 inspection. Additionally, there is a two-leaf iron gate at the west elevation.