Wellington Square, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls Ayr, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Wellington Square, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 394639 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 47260
- Canmore ID
- 206352
- Category
- C
- Name
- Wellington Square, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls
- Parish
- Ayr
- County
- South Ayrshire
- Easting
- 233414
- Northing
- 621785
- Date Listed
- 29 March 1999
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Late 19th century. Polygonal painted iron gatepiers (single only remaining to N and S) and 2-leaf gates (single leaf only remaining to N and S elevations) by Gordon and Winter (Ayr) to N, S, and E entrances to Wellington Square. Polygonal-plan gatepiers; panelled body; wreath frieze; circular finial to coned caps. X-bracing to central gate band; finials to Y-tracery of upper section. Low coped boundary walls surrounding site. Plaque on piend-roofed box adjacent to S entrance reads "Ayrshire Electricity Board." Low coped boundary walls (previously with railings atop).
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
B Group with Nos 1-12 (Inclusive), 16-27 (Inclusive), Sheriff Court (No 14), County Buildings, Monuments to James George Smith Neill, Earl of Eglinton and Wintoun, Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, and War Memorial.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
John Strawhorn and Ken Andrew DISCOVERING AYRSHIRE (1988), p104; William Dodd "Ayr: A Study of Urban Growth" in AYRSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, Vol 10 (1972), p364; Rob Close AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN (1992), p22; NMRS Photographic Archive (B63863).
