48 South Beach, Troon

Mid 19th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical subdivided house (Nos 48 & 48A) with single storey, single bay addition recessed to outer right; 2-storey, 2-bay addition to outer left (No 50). Painted squared and snecked tooled sandstone; raised, painted dressings. Base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; blocking course. Raised long and short quoins and surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Nos 48 & 48A: random rubble at rear; polished sandstone dressings (red sandstone to canted bays). No 50: random rubble at rear; part whitewashed harl to 2-storey rectangular plan wing projecting to outer right.

NE (SOUTH BEACH) ELEVATION NOS 48 AND 48A: timber panelled door centred at ground; tripartite fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in bays flanking entrance; 3-light canted dormers in bay to outer left and bay off-set to right of centre. Single window centred in single storey addition recessed to outer right; stair to upper flat set behind. NO 50: timber panelled door in bay to outer left; decorative fanlight; single window aligned at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in bay to right.

SW (ESPLANADE) ELEVATION NOS 48 & 48A: single window centred at ground; single window at 1st floor off-set to right of centre. 3-light canted windows at both floors in flanking bays (stop chamfered surrounds); single window centred in addition to outer left. NO 50: single windows at both floors in bay to left; modern windows at both floors in projecting wing to outer right.

Predominantly 12-pane lying-pane timber sash and case glazing to South Beach; replacement glazing at 1st floor. 2-pane timber sash and case glazing at rear Nos 48 & 48A; modern glazing at rear to No 50. Grey slate piended roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped, part rendered ridge and wallhead stacks; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PIER: low coped rubble wall to South Beach; single square-plan, whitewashed pier to N; pyramidal cap. Coped random rubble wall enclosing site at rear.