Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

19 RACECOURSE ROAD, PICKWICK HOTEL INCLUDING GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLLB21737

Status: Removed

Documents

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
10/01/1980
Date Removed:
21/05/2024
Local Authority
South Ayrshire
Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Burgh
Ayr
NGR
NS 33432 21112
Coordinates
233432, 621112

Removal Reason

This building does not meet the criteria for listing

Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay villa on corner site, with recessed bay to left. Ashlar entrance elevation; squared and stugged sandstone to sides. Base course; timber eaves course. 1st floor windows break eaves to form gables.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central square-headed entrance; stepped hoodmould encloses armorial panel; single window aligned above at 1st floor; small round-arched window aligned above at attic; tripartite windows flanking at ground floor; single windows at 1st floor. 2-leaf door at ground floor with gablet over to recessed bay to outer left; single window at 1st floor.

SW (BELLEVUE ROAD) ELEVATION: 7-bay, grouped 2-2-2-1. Advanced mullioned and transomed advanced quadripartite window bay to outer left, single window to re-entrant angle to left; glazed door to re-entrant angle to right; 2 single windows at 1st floor (blind window to left) single window at attic. 2 single windows at ground, 1st and gabled attic dormers to recessed central bay. 2 single windows at ground floor; single window at 1st and attic floors to gabled bay to right; single window to re-entrant angle at 1st floor to left. Single window to single storey advanced section to outer right.

NE AND SE ELEVATIONS: not seen 1999.

Predominantly plate glass, 8-, 12- and 18-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof; corniced ridge and pitch stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: decorative circular motifs to timber-railed staircase; decorative ceiling cornices; timber dado panelling.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: square-plan gatepiers to SW elevation; coped boundary wall enclosing site.

Statement of Special Interest

A good example of larger scale villa architecture, notable for its distinctive interior cornice work, and bold exterior gables.

References

Bibliography

Ordnance Survey map, 1858 (earlier structure marked Belair), Ordnance Survey map, 1896 (evident); Rob Close AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN (1992), p25; NMRS Photographic Archive (A5628).

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Images

19 Racecourse Road principal elevation, looking east, during daytime, on overcast day.
19 Racecourse Road, side elevation, looking north, during daytime, on overcast day.

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