Basic Site Details Name: | County Buildings and Sheriff Court | Town, district or village: | Ayr | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Mair's building erected on site of former prison.
Cost of original County Buildings (Wallace, 1818-22): £30,000. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | County buildings | | | | Sheriff Courthouse | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Wellington Square | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1816 | | | Designs | | 1818 | 1822 | | Construction | | 1863 | 1865 | Addition | Lower pavilions added to s | | 1874 | | Addition | Pavilion added to N | | 1904 | | | Alterations, additions and remodelling | | 1929 | 1935 | Addition | Extension - 17 bay inter-war classical in style | | 1960 | | Addition | Royal Scots Fusiliers Memorial in grounds |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp121, 132-3 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p22 | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | p162 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | v, p22 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1930 | Jan-June | | p14, p53 | | Ayr Advertiser | 16 July 1931 | | | | | Builder | 14 January 1944 | CLXVI | | Mair's obituary | | Scotsman | 9 February 1944 | | | Obituary of Boyd p3 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47250 | | | Kyle and Carrick District Council | Ayr Dean of Guild Drawings | | Box 50, plan 25 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Thomas McGill Cassels: L v16 no 1175 |
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