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 ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | David Hamilton | Architect | | 1814 | | Designs - unexecuted |  | Robert Wallace | Architect | | 1818 | 1822 | Designed and built |  | John Murdoch | Architect | F | 1863 | 1865 | Lower pavilions to S added |  | James Maitland Wardrop | Architect | H | c. 1874 | | Lower pavilion added to N |  | Allan Stevenson | Architect | B | 1904 | | Alterations, additions and remodelling |  | Thomas McGill Cassels | Architect | B | 1904 | | Alterations, additions and remodelling - as assistant to Allan Stevenson |  | Alexander Mair | Architect | J | 1929 | 1935 | Extension |  | John Alexander Martin Boyd | Architect | A | 1930 | 1931 | Extension - as Chief Assistant to Mair |  | J & J A Carrick | Architectural practice | D | 1960 | | Royal Scots Fusiliers Memorial in grounds |  | James Andrew Carrick | Architect | D | 1960 | | Royal Scots Fusiliers Memorial in grounds |  | Ronald Charles Graham | | D | 1960 | | Royal Scots Fusiliers Memorial in grounds - not certain if involved |
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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