121 Bentinck Drive, Troon

Possibly John Rutherford Johnstone, circa 1910; subdivided later 20th century. Asymmetrical 2-storey, T-plan villa with details in style of Charles Voysey. 3-bay frontispiece comprising single storey bays flanking 2-storey piended entrance bay. Whitewashed harl; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; red tile piended roofs. Battered walls; boldly buttressed angles; columnar entrance. Single storey, L plan garage block to N.

S (FRONT) ELEVATION: columnar porch centred at ground comprising recessed, part-glazed timber panelled door; 6-light fanlight beneath segmental-arched cornice; tripartite side-lights; bipartite window in reveal to right; paired columns advanced to front supporting projecting 2-bay upper floor breaking eaves above; bipartite windows in each bay. 5-light bowed window at ground in bay to outer right; stylised Venetian window in bay to outer left.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay wing comprising 5-light bowed window at ground in bay to outer right; tripartite window at ground in bay to outer left; 2 tripartite windows at centre breaking eaves above. Recessed wing to outer left comprising glazed porch in re-entrant angle to right; single window aligned at 1st floor; single windows in 2 bays to outer left; bipartite window at 1st floor off-set to right.

Predominantly 12-pane timber casement glazing; some 2-pane upper, plate glass lower timber casements at ground; various skylights. Swept red tile piended roofs; replacement rainwater goods. Crenellated detailing to rectangular-plan, whitewashed ridge and apex stacks; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALL, ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND PIERS: red sandstone coping to stepped, harled wall enclosing site. Round arched, buttressed entrance arch to Bentinck Crescent; boarded timber pedestrian entry gate. Coped, rectangular-plan piers flanking entrance from Bentinck Drive; round-arched caps; gates missing.