Queens Court House, 39 Sandgate, Ayr is a Grade A listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Former bank. 5 related planning applications.
Queens Court House, 39 Sandgate, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- stark-roof-thrush
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Former bank
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Peddie & Kinnear, 1857. 3-storey, 5-bay Italian Renaissance former bank on corner site. Polished ashlar. Base course; connecting springing line to ground floor windows; ground floor frieze; 1st and 2nd floor cill courses (fretwork frieze beneath to NE elevation); eaves course (decorative roundels within to NE elevation); dentilled frieze; mutuled cornice. Raised quoins. Round-arched windows at ground floor, aprons, architraved from springing line to crown, keystones to NE elevation; consoled cornices at 1st floor round-arched windows, keystones, ornamental work to spandrels; shouldered-arched architraved windows at 2nd floor.
NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: entrances to outer right and left; decorative consoled doorpieces; shell tympana; keystones; 2-leaf timber doors; 3 single windows between. Regular fenestration to upper floors.
NE (NEWMARKET STREET) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Regular fenestration to all floors. Additional single bay to outer left (see Notes).
4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate low-pitched roof; corniced wallhead stacks.
INTERIOR: decorative frieze and cornices remain to reception rooms; cast-iron barley sugar balusters and timber handrail to staircase.
Detailed Attributes
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