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

117 SOUTH BEACH, INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL, ENTRANCE ARCH AND GATEPIERSLB42132

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
31/05/1984
Local Authority
South Ayrshire
Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Burgh
Troon
NGR
NS 32693 30141
Coordinates
232693, 630141

Description

1900-1901. Asymmetrical, 2-storey Free Style gabled villa; 2-bay to South Beach; 3-bay to Lochend Road. Tooled red rubble sandstone to ground (rake-jointed in part); polished sandstone dressings; whitewashed harl at 1st floor. No base course; dentilled eaves course to canted W bay; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; swept timber bargeboards with regularly-spaced pronounced bolts. Chamfered surrounds to openings; polished sandstone mullions and transoms; projecting cills at ground.

S (ENTRANCE, LOCHEND ROAD) ELEVATION: steps to part glazed timber panelled door at ground in advanced, deep-swept gabled bay to right of centre; chamfered door-surround; pointed arch hoodmould. Projecting 5-light window in bay to outer right; 3-light glazing row centred in apex above. Large stair window in recessed bay to left of gable.

W (SOUTH BEACH) ELEVATION: 4-light canted window at ground in gabled bay to outer right; dentilled cornice; surmounting balustraded balcony; 4-light glazing row centred in 1st floor apex. Tripartite window at ground in bay to outer left; bipartite window in gabled bay breaking eaves above.

Original 3-light upper, plate glass lower timber sash and case glazing; leaded stair light. Red tile roof swept at eaves; original decorative rainwater goods. Red sandstone cornices to tapered, whitewashed ridge, apex and wallhead stacks (S stack corbelled from 1st floor with keeled detail); circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALL, ENTRANCE ARCH AND GATEPIERS: polished coping to rake-jointed, tooled red rubble sandstone wall enclosing site. Pedestrian entrance arch at angle with Lochend Road; timber gate. Square-plan, tooled red sandstone piers flanking vehicular access from Lochend Road; rounded caps; gates missing.

Statement of Special Interest

Said to have been built by a Mr Muir - a Kilmarnock builder who purchased a number of plots along South Beach. Formerly Lochend Villa, the first occupant is recorded as having been a Revd. Robert Smith. Notable features include the original glazing, swept gables, bolted bargeboards, decorative rainwater goods and tapering stacks. The overall character is in the style of Charles Voysey.

References

Bibliography

Does not appear on Ordnance Survey map, 1896; Portland Feuing Book, 1900 (courtesy of R Close); Valuation Roll, Kyle District, Ayrshire, Dundonald Parish, 1901-02; appears on Ordnance Survey map, 1909; R Close AYRSHIRE & ARRAN: AN ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE (1992) p47.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

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