Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

CARRICK STREET, GAIETY THEATRELB21522

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
08/12/1972
Local Authority
South Ayrshire
Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Burgh
Ayr
NGR
NS 33715 21763
Coordinates
233715, 621763

Description

J McHardy Young, 1902 with later work following fires in 1903 and 1955. 3-bay theatre with modern addition to outer left. Cream tile work and painted harl. Base course; cornice to tile work; cornice (to bay to left), cornice and parapet to central bay and bay to right.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central projecting bay rises to stepped block-pediment; 2-pairs of glazed doors at ground floor; 2 single windows flanking illuminated oriel advertisement; cornice; stepped block-pediment rises through roofline. Bipartite windows to all floors to right of bay to left, additional windows to left at ground and 1st floor; large modern addition to outer left (see Notes). Small openings to left to bay to right at ground, 1st and 2nd floors, additional windows to right at 2nd and 3rd floors; fascias to right at ground and 1st floor.

Predominantly timber sash and case windows. Roof (unseen 1998).

INTERIOR: Rococo interior rebuilt by Alex Cullen, Lochhead and Brown in 1903-4 after fire; further alterations after 1955 fire. Pilastered bowed boxes; broken segmental pediments; cartouches within. Elaborate fascias; latticework; cartouches flanked by figures and foliage work.

Statement of Special Interest

The Gaiety Theatre replaced the Caledonian Theatre, which opened in a wooden building in Carrick Street in 1895. The Gaiety Theatre, as noted by The Builder, was partially burned on 4th August 1903 and the building reconstructed, including heightening by 11ft. The building was rebuilt again following another fire on 2 August 1955. The extensive modern addition to the left was opened in 1995. Alongside its distinctive 1930s exterior, (the cream tile work replaced the original brick exterior) the theatre is especially notable for its fine decorative Rococo interior.

References

Bibliography

Ordnance Survey map, 1896 (not evident), Ordnance Survey map, 1909 (evident); THE BUILDER 13/08/1904; THE THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND: AYRSHIRE (1951), p544; John Moore AYR GAIETY: THE THEATRE MADE FAMOUS BY THE POPPLEWELLS (1976); Rob Close AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN (1992), p18; R & J Kennedy OLD AYR (1992), p8; Dane Love PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AYR (1995), pp23, 94; NMRS Photographic Archive (A11342).

About Listed Buildings

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