34 Sandgate, Ayr

34 Sandgate in Ayr is a former bank building designed by David Rhind in 1863, featuring later additions to the north. This three-storey, three-bay structure showcases Italian Renaissance architectural style and is situated on a corner site. It is constructed from coursed, stugged, squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. The building has a base course, cill courses on the first and second floors, a dentilled and mutuled cornice, and a balustraded parapet with dies, which are only present on the northeast elevation.

The original windows are round-arched, with aprons and cornices at the ground floor. The first-floor windows feature pilasters and sculpted-head keystones, along with additional aprons on the northeast elevation. The second-floor windows have lugged architraves, keyblocks, and rosette spandrels.

On the southeast elevation, which serves as the entrance, there is a pilastered doorpiece located on the outer right, with a round-arched entrance that includes a glazed timber door and a fanlight. The remaining bays have regular fenestration.

The northeast elevation, facing St John Street, consists of four bays with a later single bay extension on the outer right. It features a consoled cornice above a round-arched, keystoned doorpiece to the right, which has a timber door, while the other bays maintain regular fenestration. The lower single bay extension has single windows at the ground and first floors.

The building is topped with a grey slate roof, equipped with wallhead stacks and circular cans. Inside, the ground floor shop retains a dentilled cornice.