Description

John Arthur, circa 1919. Single storey with attic, 3-bay square-plan lodge after the style of Edwin Lutyens. Squared and snecked stugged cream sandstone; polished sandstone dressings. No base course; raised eaves course beneath overhanging timber eaves. Polished quoins; long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; sandstone mullions. Tuscan porch.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door recessed at centre; porch to front comprising detached columns, plain frieze, cornice. Single window in bay to outer right.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: raised, polished panel at centre; tripartite windows in flanking bays; 2 piended dormers centred above.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber door in bay to outer right; single window in bay to left; piended tripartite dormer off-set to outer left.

Predominantly 6-pane timber casement glazing. Graded Cumbrian slate piended roof; cast-iron rainwater goods. Coped, whitewashed square-plan stack surmounting apex; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Marr College, the entrance gatepiers and former janitor's house (see separate list entries). Marr College, a grant-aided co-educational school was established by an Educational Trust founded and funded at the bequest of Charles Kerr Marr (1855 - 1919). A coal contractor by trade, Marr amassed a fortune whilst in London during the 1st World War. Following his death, a substantial amount of this wealth was left to a Trust whose task it was to bring about the advancement of education in Troon. Hence, the establishment of scholarships and prizes for pupils resident in the area and the building of Marr College, opened in 1935. Trained with John Burnet, John Mercer and John A Campbell (Ayr based architects), this vast project was Arthur?s most significant architectural achievement. Although on a small scale in comparison with the college itself, this gatelodge remains much as it was when first complete. Similar qualities can be seen in the former janitor's house (also by Arthur, circa 1919). Work did not begin on the school until the late 1920s and was completed by A G McNaughtan following Arthur's death.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647522

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