54-56 Smith Street, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 1999. Tenement. 2 related planning applications.
54-56 Smith Street, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-render-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1999
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Late 19th century. 3-storey and attic, 8-bay (grouped 2-2-2-2) tenement with shops at ground floor, forming part of terrace. Polished red ashlar. Shopfront cornice; 2nd floor cill course; cornice; parapet; strip pilasters delineate grouped bays; segmental stacks rise from parapet between 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th bays; curved double-width stack rises from parapet at centre.
SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central consoled, pedimented doorpiece; timber door; fanlight; rises through parapet to wallhead stack. Continuous shopfront to ground at outer left; 2-leaf glazed timber entrance to left, shop windows to left and right; 3 shops at ground to right; glazed timber door to left, shop window to right of inner shop; central entrance, flanking shop windows to central shop; boarding to outer shop. Tripartite windows at 1st and 2nd floors to outer bays; pedimented gable rises from parapet; opening within; single windows at both floors to penultimate bays to outer left and right; 2 bipartite windows to subsequent central bays.
Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; gablehead and wallhead stacks; circular cans.
INTERIORS: not seen 1998.
Detailed Attributes
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