Ayr Pavilion, Esplanade, Ayr

James Kennedy Hunter, 1911. 2-storey, 12-bay pavilion on corner site with 4 campanile towers. Painted harl. Square-headed openings.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central slender-columned glazed porte-cochere; iron detailing over round-headed stone pediment, flagholders crowning flanking stone pillars; 2 pairs of glazed timber doors; 4 single windows flanking; 4 recessed single windows link to outer gabled bays; timber doors and single windows at ground, 3 single windows to gableheads; narrow arrowslit openings to campanile towers rising from gableheads; blind balustraded balcony opening to each face; pyramidal roofs; finials; 3 central pairs of windows at 1st floor; single deeper openings flanking.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: 3 pairs of windows at 1st floor to central section; single outer windows; timber inner door and outer window at ground floor to gabled outer bays; 3 single windows at gablehead; narrow arrowslit openings to campanile towers (see above for detailing). Additional 3 windows to single storey section to outer right.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 5 windows to advanced single storey sections at ground; central entrance to main section at ground floor; 3 single windows flanking; central entrance opening at 1st floor; 3 single windows flanking, rising to 7-bay tall corniced quadrant angle; additional 3 single windows and 1 bipartite window to curved bow at 1st floor.

Window openings predominantly boarded. Grey slate roof (red tiles to campanile towers); ridge and wallhead stacks; circular cans.

BOUNDARY WALLS: coped quadrant walls to entrance elevation, incorporating balusters from the first New Bridge; squared rubble wall enclosing site to S and E elevations.

INTERIOR: depressed arched and ribbed roof (probably ferrous and concrete), carried on square pillars; decorative classical surround, central cartouche to proscenium arch.