The Former Lorimer Library, 52-54 Montgomerie Street is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 2005. Library. 1 related planning application.
The Former Lorimer Library, 52-54 Montgomerie Street
- WRENN ID
- plain-chalk-summer
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2005
- Type
- Library
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Gabriel Andrew, 1879. Single storey, roughly cruciform-plan gabled library with neo-Norman detailing, large canted gable bay to front and round-arched windows. Red sandstone ashlar; random rubble to sides and rear. Rubble base course; projecting window cills; eaves course. Roll-moulded window and door margins; moulded skewputts to central gable.
WEST (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: hoodmoulded tripartite window to central advanced gable with tall central light and pilaster mullions: THE LORIMER LIBRARY inscribed in raised stone above window; semi-circular hood-mould above with carved ball stops. Moulded roundel (possibly for clock face) to gable apex. Hoodmoulded round-arched windows to canted sides. Recessed wings to each side: timber-boarded door with fanlight to left; window to right.
OTHER ELEVATIONS: gables to N and E; M-gabled to S; later addition to SE corner.
Plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Coped, shouldered stacks with some octagonal yellow clay cans. Ashlar-coped skews. Graded grey slate.
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