Description

James Paton, earlier 19th century. 2-storey (with attics to rear), 3-bay, terrace of 5 houses. Polished ashlar (coursed sandstone to sides); rusticated at ground floor. Vermiculated base course; band course (parallel with block-pediments of doorpieces); 1st floor cill course; aprons; cornice; blocking course.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to block-pedimented columned doorpieces to left bay of each house; fluted columns; modillion cornice; timber doors (2-leaf to Nos 2 and 3); letterbox fanlights (3-light to No 4); 2 single windows to right at ground; regular fenestration at 1st floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single window to right at ground; 2 single windows at 1st floor; boundary wall to outer right (see below).

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: steps to recessed entrance to No 5A (Pladda View); modern glazed door; single window aligned above at 1st floor; infilled openings to bay to left at ground and 1st floors; boundary wall to outer left (see below).

Plate glass timber sash and case windows (textured glazing to N elevation 1st floor windows). Grey slate roof; stone skews; rooflights; coped stacks (lower height to 3 to left); circular and polygonal cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low ashlar copes to E elevation.

Statement of Interest

B Group with 6-9 (Inclusive Nos) and 10-14 (Inclusive Nos) Alloway Place (see separate list descriptions). South of Wellington Square, there was to be a proposed Alloway Square (as shown on John Wood's Plan of Ayr, 1818) named after David Cathcart, Lord Alloway, who owned the land on which it was to be built, but only the terraced houses in Alloway Place were realised.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17853834

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas