Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

AVENUE SQUARE, INSTITUTE HALLLB41066

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
03/07/1980
Local Authority
East Ayrshire
Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Burgh
Stewarton
NGR
NS 41978 45918
Coordinates
241978, 645918

Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey, 4 x 9-bay Classical civic building comprising public halls with library and flat to ground and with 1981 2-storey, 2-bay extension to E. Situated on prominent corner site at head of town centre Square. Droved, coursed sandstone with ashlar margins, concrete harl to 1981 extension. Raised cills, band course, cornice.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: Principal Elevation to S: symmetrical. Central advanced 2-bay pedimented section with clock at apex. Keystoned, round-arched window openings at 1st storey.

To W: 9-bays. 3-bays to right with upper storeys blind. Top floor with round-arched openings. Segmental-headed windows set within recessed round-arched voussoired openings to ground. Pedimented doorpiece. To far left; lower bays including symmetrical 5-bay section with door with round-arched moulding with flanking pairs of shaped voussoirs of former round-arched openings to ground (currently with rectangular windows, 2008).

Variety of glazing patterns. To S: 8-pane metal glazing pattern to ground, 4-pane timber sash and case windows to 1st storey. Some plate glass timber sash and case windows to W. Grey slates. Piended roof to principal elevation.

INTERIOR: (partially seen 2008). Large hall with stage, timber floor and timber panelling.

Statement of Special Interest

The 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1854-9 depicts a gap between the principal pedimented building to the South and the 5-bay building to the rear. It is likely that the buildings were joined by the 2-storey linking bay in 1876, when plans were drawn up by John Armour Junior of Irvine.

List description updated as part of Stewarton Burgh resurvey, 2009

References

Bibliography

1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1854-9. Rob Close, Ayrshire and Arran , An Illustrated Architectural Guide, 1992, p121. S Milligan, Old Stewarton, Dunlop and Lugton, 2001, p11. Other information form Stewarton website, www.stewarton.org (accessed 28-07-08).

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)

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