Maybole Town Hall

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Maybole Town Hall
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Maybole Town Hall
LocationHigh Street, Maybole
Coordinates 55°21′12″N4°40′58″W / 55.3533°N 4.6827°W / 55.3533; -4.6827 Coordinates: 55°21′12″N4°40′58″W / 55.3533°N 4.6827°W / 55.3533; -4.6827
Built1887
ArchitectRobert Samson Ingram
Architectural style(s) Scottish medieval style
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameTown Hall, High Street, Maybole
Designated14 April 1971
Reference no. LB37708
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Shown in South Ayrshire

Maybole Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building. [1]

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History

The oldest part of the complex is the tower which formed part of house known as Blairquhanes Place. [2] [3] The house was designed in the Scottish medieval style, built in rubble masonry and dated back to the 16th century. [4] The tower was originally surmounted by a balustrade and a pyramid-shaped roof with a clock. Internally, there was a lock up on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor. In October 1674, John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis, acquired the house, demolished much of the original structure, and converted the tower for use as a tolbooth: further repairs were commissioned by Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis in the late 18th century, and the tower was crenelated in 1812. [2]

The building was substantially extended to the northeast in the Scottish baronial style to a design by Robert Samson Ingram of Kilmarnock in rubble masonry in 1887. [5] [6] [7] The design of the extension involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto the High Street. In the second bay from the left there was a segmental headed doorway with a fanlight and hood mould flanked by brackets supporting a balustraded balcony with finials; on the first floor, there was a tripart mullioned and transomed window with a stepped gable above. The other bays were fenestrated by mullioned and transomed windows in a similar style and, at the left-hand corner, there was a bartizan with a conical roof. Internally, the principal room was an assembly hall with capacity for 150 people. [8]

The building continued to serve as the meeting place of the burgh council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Kyle and Carrick District Council was formed in 1975. [9] In April 2022, contractors started a programme of refurbishment works which was costed at £1.2million and funded by the Scottish Government, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland, South Ayrshire Council and the North Carrick Community Benefit Company. The works, which included a new entrance on the northeast side, a new roof for the tower and masonry repairs as well as internal re-wiring, were scheduled to be completed in February 2023. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Town Hall, High Street, Maybole (LB37708)" . Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Maybole, High Street, Town Hall (41509)". Canmore . Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Lawson, Robert (1885). Maybole, Past and Present. J. and R. Parlane. p. 32.
  4. ↑ "Historic South Ayrshire town hall to be refurbished after £1.2 million boost". Daily Record. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Maybole Town Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Tolbooths and Town-houses Civic Architecture in Scotland to 1833. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1996. p. 142. ISBN   978-0114957995.
  7. ↑ Glendinning, Miles (2019). History of Scottish Architecture. Edinburgh University Press. p. 574. ISBN   978-1474468503.
  8. ↑ "Maybole Town Hall". Venues4Hire. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "New look town hall will be the Belle of the Bole". Pro-cast. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Maybole Hall's £1m makeover". Ayr Advertiser. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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