48A South Beach, Troon

This is a mid-19th century, three-bay, plain classical subdivided house, originally two properties (Nos 48 & 48A), with later additions to either side (No 50). The building fronts onto South Beach and the Esplanade in Troon.

The main facade, facing South Beach, is constructed of painted squared and snecked, tooled sandstone with raised, painted dressings. The base course, lintel course beneath corniced eaves, and blocking course are all highlighted. Raised long and short quoins and surrounds frame the openings, with projecting cills. The rear elevations of Nos 48 & 48A feature random rubble with polished sandstone dressings, red sandstone to the canted bays. The rear elevation of No 50 has random rubble and a partially whitewashed harl finish.

The northeast elevation (South Beach) features a timber panelled front door, centrally positioned at ground level, with a tripartite fanlight and a decorative doorpiece including flanking pilasters, a plain frieze, cornice, a block pediment, and a raised keystone. A single window is positioned above the door on the first floor. Single windows are present at both ground and first floor levels within the flanking bays. There are three-light canted dormers in the bay to the outer left and the bay offset to the right of centre. A single window is centrally placed in the recessed single-storey addition to the far right, behind which is a stair leading to an upper flat. At No 50, a timber panelled door with a decorative fanlight leads into a bay on the outer left, with a single window above it. Further windows are present at both floors in the bay to the right.

The southwest elevation (Esplanade) has a single window centred at ground level, and another set off to the right of centre on the first floor. Three-light canted windows flank the bays at both ground and first floor levels, with stop-chamfered surrounds. A single window is positioned centrally on the addition projecting to the outer left. At No 50, single windows are on both floors of the bay to the left, while the projecting wing on the far right features modern windows.

The windows are primarily 12-pane lying-pane timber sash and case windows on the South Beach elevation, though some first-floor windows have replacement glazing. At the rear of Nos 48 & 48A, the windows are 2-pane timber sash and case, whilst the rear of No 50 has modern glazing. The roof is grey slate, piended in style, with replacement rainwater goods. Coped, partly rendered ridge and wallhead stacks are topped with octagonal cans.

The interior was not inspected in 1997.

A low coped rubble boundary wall runs along the South Beach frontage; a single, whitewashed, square-plan pier with a pyramidal cap stands to the north. A coped random rubble wall encloses the site at the rear.