Ayr Pavilion, Esplanade, Ayr

Ayr Pavilion, located on the Esplanade in Ayr, was designed by James Kennedy Hunter in 1911. This two-storey, twelve-bay pavilion sits on a corner site and features four campanile towers with a painted harl exterior and square-headed openings.

On the north elevation, the entrance is marked by a central glazed porte-cochere supported by slender columns, with iron detailing above a round-headed stone pediment. Flanking stone pillars hold flagholders, and there are two pairs of glazed timber doors. Four single windows are positioned on either side, with four recessed single windows linking to the outer gabled bays. The ground floor includes timber doors and single windows, while the gableheads feature three single windows. The campanile towers, rising from the gableheads, have narrow arrowslit openings. Each face of the building has a blind balustraded balcony, pyramidal roofs, and finials. The first floor has three central pairs of windows, with single deeper openings on either side.

The south elevation features three pairs of windows on the first floor of the central section, with single outer windows. The ground floor includes a timber inner door and an outer window to the gabled outer bays, along with three single windows at the gablehead. The campanile towers again have narrow arrowslit openings. There is an additional three-window section on the single-storey outer right.

On the east elevation, five windows are present in the advanced single-storey sections at ground level, with a central entrance to the main section. Three single windows flank this entrance, and there is a central entrance opening on the first floor with three single windows on either side. This elevation rises to a seven-bay tall corniced quadrant angle, with an additional three single windows and one bipartite window in the curved bow at the first floor.

Most window openings are boarded. The roof is covered with grey slate, while the campanile towers have red tiles. The building features ridge and wallhead stacks with circular cans.

The boundary walls consist of coped quadrant walls at the entrance elevation, which incorporate balusters from the first New Bridge, and a squared rubble wall that encloses the site on the south and east elevations.

Inside, the pavilion has a depressed arched and ribbed roof, likely made of ferrous materials and concrete, supported by square pillars. The proscenium arch is adorned with a decorative classical surround and a central cartouche.