Doonbrae Cottage, Alloway, Ayr

Early 19th century, with mid 19th century and early 20th century alterations. Single and single basement and attic, near square-plan house and cottage. Painted harl; timber eaves; strip margins. Painted margins to window openings.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Steps to gabled entrance porch to central gabled bay; 2-leaf glazed timber door; square panel to gablehead. Canted windows at ground and attic floor to bay to left; single windows at basement and ground floor to bay to right.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: infilled opening to single storey section to left; 4 single windows at ground (narrower window to penultimate bay to left), 2 single windows breaking eaves above, at attic.

SE (ALLOWAY) ELEVATION: 6-bay. Single and tripartite window to central advanced section; 2 single windows to recessed sections to outer right and left.

COTTAGE, SE (ALLOWAY) ELEVATION: single storey, 3-bay cottage. Central timber door; letterbox fanlight; flanking single windows; recessed lean-to, to outer right. Slate roof; pitch stacks; polygonal cans.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof; ridge, wallhead and pitch stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

GARAGE, GROTTO, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALL: single storey garage to S of site; slate roof; stone skews. Polygonal-plan shell grotto to S of house; timber seating; timber windows; timber door; slate roof. Boundary wall with railings atop, encloses site to Alloway. Railed stone steps lead to cottage entrance. Harled rubbleed remains of rabbit house to W of house.

INTERIORS: not seen 1999.