Council Halls In South Ayrshire
Annbank Village Hall
Location: The site is centrally located to the west side of Annbank
village, adjacent to Annbank Football Ground. Access to the site is via Weston Avenue,
beyond the War Memorial to the west.
History and Development: The site comprises of two independent
structures, the first of which dates from the 1950's and is a timber framed hut
unit (clubroom). The hut provides a basic meeting room and makeshift store. The
main hall provisions on the site were constructed in 1968. A single storey extension
was added to the northwest elevation of the property in 1998 to provide addition
storage provisions.
Accommodation: The property provides on one floor a main hall facility,
raised stage area, dressing rooms, toilet provisions, kitchen and storage.
Ayr Town Hall
Location: The property is located centrally within the town of
Ayr occupying a corner site fronting onto the High Street and New Bridge Street.
There is private off street parking contained to the rear, accessed by a private
lane, off New Bridge Street, that is controlled by automatic bollards. The site
is located in the Ayr Central Conservation Area.
History and Development: The property comprises of two distinctive
structures, firstly being the neo classical Town Hall property, which fronts onto
New Bridge Street and returns along the High Street. The second part of the property
comprises extended accommodation within the 19th century three storey residential
and commercial properties, which adjoin the original Town Hall onto the High Street.
The property is arranged on three varying levels, with differing external ground
levels surrounding the site. The Town Hall building, extending from New Bridge Street
to No. 11 High Street, is a category 'A' Listed Building of architectural and historical
interest. The Property was constructed in 1827-32 by Thomas Hamilton and extended
into High Street by James Sellars in 1878-81. The interior was partly reconstructed
in 1901 by Kennedy Hunter following a fire.
Accommodation: The building is split over three storeys. There
are council offices and the Magistrates Court and associated offices. The property
has a first floor level Main Hall and balcony, with terraced seating permanently
fixed overlooking a stage located at the east end of the Town Hall building. There
are 4 meeting rooms.
Carvick Webster Hall
Location: This site is situated at Monkton Village Cross and is
abutted on two sides by adjoining residential properties.
History and Development: The property was constructed in 1929 and
is of a semi arts and crafts design. The hall was given to the village by Harry
and Agnes Carvick Webster after their two sons died serving in World War I.
Loans Village Hall
Location: The site is centrally located to the east side of Loans
village, occupying a corner site fronting onto Main Street and private unadopted
road known as Hall Lane.
History and Development: The property was erected around 1940 and
is of arts and craft design extending to one storey. The property was extended in
1977 to provide additional toilet facilities, storage and meeting room. Ramped disabled
access to the main entrance was provided in 1998.
Accommodation: The property provides on one floor a main hall facility,
raised stage area, cloak rooms, toilet provisions, kitchen and storage.
Loudoun Hall, Boat Vennal, Ayr
Location: This site is located in an urban residential/retail district
in the New Bridge area of Ayr; access is via a public thoroughfare and service lane
known as Boat Vennal. The property is situated within the Ayr Central Conservation
Area.
History and Development: The building is a category 'A' Listed
Building of architectural and historical interest. James Tait, a wealthy burgess
of Ayr, constructed the property in 1513. The north wing of the property was constructed
in 1934 and was subsequently restored in 1957. Loudoun Hall is rubble built with
heavy slate roof and partially vaulted ground floor, with the stairs and windows
copies of the 1534 original. The property also underwent further major restoration
works affecting the complete stairwell area, first and second floors and external
fabric, which were completed in 1997. Loudoun Hall leased to South Ayrshire Council
by the Loudoun Hall Trustees.
McCosh Hall, Kirkmichael
Location: The site is located to the north of Kirkmichael village,
fronting onto the Patna Road. A public bowling green adjoins the site and returns
along the west gable and rear of the property to the north.
History and Development: The property is a red (Ballochmyle) sandstone
property; constructed in 1899 extending to two floors with a long pitched cross
collared slated roof, and rectangular clock tower on the northeast corner. Accommodation:
The ground floor provides various meeting rooms, entrance hallway and stair access
to the second floor, nursery space and toilet facilities. On the second floor is
the main hall facility, storage rooms and stairwell providing access to both the
ground and second floor of the clock tower.
Maybole Town Hall
Location: The property is located centrally within the town of
Maybole, in the conservation area, occupying a corner site fronting onto the High
Street (A77 main trunk road) and John Knox Street.
History and Development: The Tolbooth and Town Hall are a category
'B' Listed Building of architectural and historical interest. The earliest section
of the property previously formed part of the old fortified courthouse and Tollbooth
and dates from around 1700c. The original Tolbooth tower was subsequently affected
by major restoration works around 1812, with the clock faces re-located within the
roof fabric. The Town and Concert Hall structures were erected in 1887, in a Scottish
Baronial manner, with tall traditional casement windows. The hall provisions were
subsequently extended at the east of the property to provide caretakers' accommodation,
which has now become part of the main hall facilities providing various meeting
rooms.
Accomodation: The property is arranged to provide a main foyer
and entrance, concert hall and stage, various cloaks and toilet provisions, kitchen,
storage areas and meeting rooms on the ground floor. There are dressing room facilities
at the first floor level, accessible from the stage area and flank corridor, chambers
and lesser hall (committee room) and further kitchen storage provisions.
Montgomerie Hall, Dundonald
Location: The site is located at the south end of Dundonald village
and within the village conservation area, fronting onto the Main Street.
History and Development: The original property was constructed
around early 1800c and functioned as a school hall facility. There is also a single
storey, slated pitched roof structure (originally providing kitchen provisions and
outbuildings) which has been refurbished during 1995 to provide community workshop/craft
facilities.
Accommodation: The property provides a main hall and stage, two
small lesser halls, various cloaks and toilet provisions, kitchen, storage areas
and craft workshop on the ground floor. There are dressing room facilities at the
first floor level to the north end of the building, accessible from the stage area.
Richmond Hall, Kirkoswald
Location: The site is centrally located at the to the east side
of Kirkoswald village, occupying a corner site fronting onto the Main Street (A77
trunk road) and Balvaird Road.
History and Development: The property was erected around 1925 and
is of semi art and craft design, with a buff stone ashlar face and cruciform plan,
extending to two storey, with a tall pitched slated roof, projecting front gable
with clock face Richmond Hall was the subject of major refurbishment works in 1998.
Accommodation: Richmond Hall provides on one floor a main hall facility, raised
stage area, meeting rooms, toilet provisions, kitchen and storage.
Troon Town Hall and Walker Hall
Location: The property is located centrally within the town of
Troon, in the existing conservation area, occupying a corner site fronting onto
Academy Street and South Beach. The site has an open aspect across the Firth of
Clyde.
History and Development: The property is arranged with the municipal
offices to the front and Concert Hall to the rear and is a category 'B' Listed Building
of architectural and historical interest. The Town and Concert Halls are of a neo
Georgian design, constructed in 1932, with red hand-made brick and ashlar semi circular
dressings in Blaxter sandstone to the ground floor openings. The 1973 Walker Hall
extension is of cavity brick construction.
Accommodation: The municipal office is arranged to provide office
and storage accommodation on four floors being the basement, ground, first and attic
floor. The Concert Hall is arranged to provide facilities over three floors being
the basement, ground and first, with the Concert Hall two storeys high. The Walker
Hall secondary facilities such as toilet provisions, storage and kitchen etc are
single storey. The hall, stage and projection room, dressing rooms and reception
room occupying a two storey section of the building to the south of the site.