1.0 Executive Summary . 5 2.0 Introduction . 7 2.1 Who wrote the Plan? . 7 2.2 Who participated and who was consulted? . 7 2.3 Scope of the Plan . 8 2.4 Methodology . 8 2.5 Links to other planning work including Activity Plan . 9 2.6 Gaps in Plan and limitations . 11 2.7 Other documents to be read with the plan . 11 3.0 Understanding the heritage . 13 3.1 Description of the heritage . 13 3.2 Historical Summary . 17 3.3 Principal Historical / Archaeological Elements of Maybole . 18 3.4 Current Conservation Area Assessment . 19 3.5 Townscape Analysis . 19 3.6 Glossary of Architectural Features . 23 3.7 How the heritage is currently looked after . 27 4.0 Statement of Significance . 28 5.0 Risks and Opportunities . 30 6.0 Management Guidelines . 34 7.0 Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP) . 41 8.0 Adoption and Review . 42 9.0 Bibliography . 43 10.0 Appendices . 45 A Historical Chronology . 46 B Maybole Springs and Streets . 111 C Questionnaire . 115 D Site Analysis . 120 E Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP) . 125
2 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Figure 1 The High Street / Town Centre Character Area . 14 Figure 2 Town Green Character Area . 15 Figure 3 Culzean Road / Barns Terrace Residential Character Area . 15 Figure 4 The Medieval Collegiate Church . 16 Figure 5 Building Significance . 19 Figure 6 Building Usage . 20 Figure 7 Commercial Usage . 21 Figure 8 Public Realm . 21 Figure 9 Getting Around . 22 Figure 10 Roofscape. 23 Figure 11 Dormers. 24 Figure 12 Cast Iron Rainwater Goods. 24 Figure 13 Stonework. 25 Figure 14 Timber Sash and Case Windows . 26 Figure 15 Storm Doors. 26 Figure 16 Decorative Ironwork. 27 Figure 17 The Welltrees Spout, Ladywell Road . 46 Figure 18 The Wee Spoot, Coral Glen . 47 Figure 19 Collegiate Church at Maybole, 1789 . 48 Figure 20 Aerial photograph of collegiate church and old burying ground, 2011 . 48 Figure 21 Maybole Castle, 1845-52 . 50 Figure 22 High Street Showing Old Pump . 51 Figure 23 Maybole Castle, late-1800s & Figure 24 Maybole Castle, 1941 . 51 Figure 25 John Knox’s House . 52 Figure 26 The Townhouse or Tolbooth . 53 Figure 27 Whitehall looking south, 1904 . 53 Figure 28 Whitehall looking north, n.d. 54 Figure 29 Blaeu, 1654, Caricta Borealis vulgo, The northpart of Carrick . 54 Figure 30 General Roy's Map of the 1750s . 57 Figure 31 Armstrong, 1775, A New Map of Ayrshire . 59 Figure 32 2 School Vennel and 82 High Street . 59 Figure 33 1-2 Greenside . 60 Figure 34 33 Castle Street . 60 Figure 35 The Welltrees Inn, Welltrees Street . 61 Figure 36 18-19 Greenside . 61 Figure 37 10 Greenside . 62 Figure 38 Barns House . 62 Figure 39 31 Whitehall. 63 Figure 40 9 Whitehall & Figure 41 1-7 Whitehall . 63 Figure 42 Bank of Scotland . 64 Figure 43 55-59 High Street . 64 Figure 44 1-5 Kirkland Street . 65 Figure 45 4 Kirkland Street . 65 Figure 46 6 Kirkland Steet . 65 Figure 47 8-10 Kirkland Street . 66 Figure 48 2-6 Castle Street . 66 Figure 49 The Auld Greenside Schule . 67 Figure 50 High Street and Maybole Castle, 1904 & Figure 51 Cassillis Road looking west. 69 Figure 52 Cassillis Road looking east. 69 Figure 53 14 Cassillis Road & Figure 54 16-18 Cassillis Road . 70 Figure 55 22-24 Cassillis Road . 70
3 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Figure 56 25-27 Cassillis Road . 71 Figure 57 23 Cassillis Road . 71 Figure 58 Parish Church & Figure 59 Stained glass window, Parish Church (n.d.) . 72 Figure 60 Maybole from the south west (n.d.), with gas works in right foreground . 72 Figure 61 West Parish Church, 1904 . 73 Figure 62 Castle of Maybole, 1838 . 74 Figure 63 Detail of the High Street from Castle of Maybole, 1838 . 75 Figure 64 Cargill Free Church, 1904 . 77 Figure 65 A. Jack & Sons Ltd., Agricultural Engineers, 1904 . 79 Figure 66 O.S. 25” 1st Edition 1856, Ayr Sheet XLV.5 . 79 Figure 67 19 th Century Maybole High Street . 86 Figure 68 19th Century Maybole High Street . 87 Figure 69 6-10 Whitehall. The Speakers. 87 Figure 70 4 Whitehall & Figure 71 43-47 High Street Figure 72 88-90 High Street . 88 Figure 73 37-41 High Street . 88 Figure 74 48 - 54 High Street . 90 Figure 75 32 - 36 High Street & Figure 76 96 Ladywell Road . 90 Figure 77 Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 Whitehall . 91 Figure 78 O.S. 25” 2nd edition, 1894-95, Ayrshire 044.08 . 92 Figure 79 Ladyland School . 93 Figure 80 25 High Street . 93 Figure 81 Our Lady and St Cuthbert Church, 1904 . 94 Figure 82 Maybole Railway Station . 94 Figure 83 Pedestrian bridge over the railway line & Figure 84 Kincraig UP Church . 95 Figure 85 Kincraig & Figure 86 Fairknowe . 95 Figure 87 St Oswald's Episcopal Church . 96 Figure 88 Gardenrose Avenue . 97 Figure 89 Ashgrove House . 98 Figure 90 Lumsden Home . 98 Figure 91 Cairn School . 99 Figure 92 T.A. Gray (Lorne). 100 Figure 93 Charles Crawford, Kirkwynd . 100 Figure 94 James Ramsay, St Cuthberts . 101 Figure 95 John Lees & Co., Townend Boot and Shoe Factory . 101 Figure 96 The Green . 102 Figure 97 Maybole High Street, 1904. 103 Figure 98 The Carnegie Library . 104 Figure 99 The Shore Road, 1904 . 105 Figure 100 Carrick Cinema House . 105 Figure 101 The Post Office . 106 Figure 102 The Baptist Church . 107 Figure 103 Ladywell Tannery . 108 Figure 104 Carrick Academy . 108 Figure 105 The Ailsa Cinema . 109 Figure 106 Football ground, Ballony, 1904 . 110
4 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Wylie Shanks Architects were appointed in 2017 by South Ayrshire Council, in Partnership with Maybole Community Council, to prepare a Conservation Area Management Plan (CAMP) to support the project development phase of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s two round funding application assessment process.
1.2 The purpose of this CAMP is to set out a framework to ensure the long term care of Maybole Conservation Area, and to ensure that the necessary skills and procedures are in place to do so. It defines what management and maintenance is required; when it will be done, and by whom. In order to make this assessment an evaluation of the Conservation Area has been made, building upon the Conservation Area Appraisal carried out in 2016, and a Statement of Significance has been prepared.
1.3 Management within the context of this document includes ‘all of the activities that can keep heritage in a good condition’ (HLF, 2012, p4).
1.4 The process for preparing a Management and Maintenance Plan is broadly as follows:
Understand the heritage and why it is important; Assess how it is currently managed; Identify risks to the heritage; Decide on the management and maintenance aims; Make an action plan; and Identify costs and resources.
1.5 The Plan should be updated as the project evolves and more information becomes available and should be used regularly to ensure that the heritage is properly cared for in the long term.
1.6 Analysis of the heritage found that the significance of Maybole Conservation Area is:
Archaeological (potentially) Historical Industrial Characteristic townscape Links with prominent people 1.7 Risks to the heritage were identified as:
General unawareness of the Conservation Area Poor perception of the Conservation Area locally Prominent buildings on the ‘At Risk’ register Poor first impression to visitors Limited facilities and information for visitors Lack of maintenance Heavy traffic along the High Street High number of vacant properties Under use of the High Street Erosion of boundaries and edges Lack of clarity of identity or purpose Loss of traditional features Disillusionment from Community Groups
5 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1.8 The resulting CAMP focuses on the following:
Encouraging compliance with legislation and regulations and obtaining consents, using enforcement where appropriate, to ensure that development and change is carried out in a controlled and informed manner, and does not compromise the unique character of Maybole Conservation Area, and that original features are maintained; Providing access to specialist skills and knowledge to allow building owners to carry out appropriate maintenance and repairs in an informed manner; Creating a welcoming environment for residents and visitors alike to promote the economic viability of, and investment in, Maybole Conservation Area; Community engagement; and Monitoring of the effectiveness of the resulting strategies.
1.9 In recognition of the management structure going forward the Management Guidelines are defined under the following headings:
1. Organisational Guidelines (managed through South Ayrshire Council) 2. Regeneration Project Guidelines; and 3. Community Council Guidelines
1.10 Included within this Conservation Area Management Plan is also a Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP). Maintenance within the context of this document ‘is the routine everyday work needed to prevent decay’ (HLF, 2012, p4). This includes not only the buildings, but also their surrounding environs within the Conservation Area. The principles of the MAMP are outlined in Section 7, though the actual MAMP is to be found under Appendix E to allow it to be easily extracted from the main document.
1.11 It should be noted that a number of the suggested actions within the document will only be achievable in the event of securing the HLF funding.
6 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 2.0 Introduction
2.1 Who wrote the Plan?
2.1.1 This Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan was prepared by Wendy Corrigan BSc (Arch) BArch (Hons) MSc (Bldg Con) RIBA RIAS (Advanced Conservation Accredited), of Wylie Shanks Architects in Glasgow. 2.1.2 The historical and archaeological research was carried out by Fergus Sutherland MA (Archaeology) MPhil. 2.1.3 Assistance was given by Lynne Yuille, Maybole Regeneration Project Officer with South Ayrshire Council.
2.2 Who participated and who was consulted?
2.2.1 At the outset of the project a number of key stakeholders were identified. These are listed below.
Lynne Yuille – Maybole Regeneration Project Officer Colin Love – Social Enterprise Development Officer Neil Feggans – Planning Co-ordinator (Development Planning & Customers, including Heritage) Kenny Campbell – Development Planning & Customers Team Wendy Corrigan – Wylie Shanks Architects David Kiltie – Locality Planning Group Mark Fletcher - Chair of Community Council / Chair of Speaker’s Club Senga Mason – Chair of Community Association Chris Savage - Cassillis Estates / Board of North Carrick Community Benefit Company Claire Monaghan - SAC Head of Communities John McDonald - Transport Scotland Graeme Senior – Ayrshire Roads Alliance / Local business representatives Iain Campbell – Councillor for the Ward Brian Connolly – Councillor for the Ward William Grant – Councillor for the Ward
These stakeholders were invited to a workshop to discuss the outcomes of Community Engagement event, and the site analyses, and also to generate ideas for the management guidelines.
2.2.2 A Community Engagement event was held which was publicised by door to door leafleting of 300 houses in and around the Conservation Area, and by putting up posters in the High Street shops. The event took the form of a guided walk around the Conservation Area, with an informal presentation and chat at the Town Hall afterwards.
2.2.3 A survey was carried out, both on line and at the Community Engagement event. The online survey was publicised through the South Ayrshire Council website, the Community Council Facebook page, and the Maybole Regeneration Area Facebook page. Refer to Appendix C
7 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 2.3 Scope of the Plan
2.3.1 Maybole Community Council (MCC) in partnership with South Ayrshire Council (SAC) has been successful in developing a joint Townscape Heritage (TH) and Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) project called the Maybole Regeneration (MR) project. The purpose of the project is to take a comprehensive approach to the restoration and repair of the historic building fabric, focusing on a section of the town’s Outstanding Conservation Area, running from the Castle in the north-east to The Speakers in the south-west. The project will use restoration and regeneration as a platform to protect, share and explain the significant heritage of Maybole. Whilst capital works will focus on protecting, for the future, the built heritage which is at significant risk of loss, a further important element of the work will be the creation of opportunities to learn and understand more about the heritage of the town and the significant people and industries that have shaped its history. An indicative CARS funding offer of £1,290,000 has been made by Historic Environment Scotland, dependent upon a successful Stage 2 Townscape Heritage application. The preparation of this CAMP is a requirement of the HLF Stage 2 Development Phase. 2.3.2 The Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan (CAMP) is intended to establish a planning and management framework for maintaining the special character of Maybole Conservation Area, and for taking forward enhancement proposals within the constraints of available resources. The Management Plan draws on the Maybole Conservation Area Character Appraisal of 2016, which identified the key elements that contribute to the special historic and architectural character of the area and sets out a number of potential opportunities for preservation and enhancement. It references the current legislative framework that is already in place to safeguard our environment through the planning process, and provides supplementary guidance that is specific to Maybole. 2.3.3 The CAMP considers Maybole’s Conservation Area (CA) in full. Whilst the focus of the regeneration project is on the High Street, recognition is given to the importance of the wider context of the Conservation Area and the many influences upon it. The Management Guidelines give cognisance to the reality that the CA does not function in isolation and therefore in order to safeguard its future a wider overview must be taken. 2.3.4 Should the Heritage Lottery Fund bid be successful the CAMP will be in operation for a period of ten years. The document will be reviewed - and potentially updated – annually, with a more strategic review after five years. It is intended that the Council will adopt the CAMP as a material consideration in the determination of planning and historic environment consent applications affecting Maybole Conservation Area.
2.4.1 In the preparation of the CAMP the following process was followed: Review of the Maybole Conservation Area Character Appraisal (2016) and the Heritage Lottery Fund Application Stage 1: Townscape & Buildings (2016) Historical research using primary sources Townscape Analysis reviewing the following: Primary and secondary vehicular routes Parking and traffic problem areas Nodes
8 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Edges and boundaries Pinch points Streetscape and building character Building uses Building underuse Materials Architectural Characteristics Canvasing of local shoppers on the High Street to establish awareness and appreciation of the Conservation Area Online survey Community Engagement event which included a guided walk around the Conservation Area Key stakeholders workshop Review of current guidance Preparation of Conservation Area Gazetteer for use as an ongoing Management and Maintenance tool.
2.5 Links to other planning work including Activity Plan
2.5.1 Local Development Plan Action Programme
Maybole is identified as a Core Investment Town within the South Ayrshire Council Local Development Plan (LDP). Included within the Local Development Plan Action Programme are the following actions, relevant to Maybole Conservation Area, which are intended to deliver the plan’s policies and proposals.
1. Spatial Strategy and LDP Policies a. Promote and enhance town centres i. Prepare supplementary guidance ii. Work with town centre businesses to implement Business Development Agenda; monitor vacancy rates iii. Implement empty shops initiative iv. Carry out public realm improvements v. Undertake a Charrette for Maybole b. Reusing vacant land and disused buildings i. Prepare LDP Redevelopment Opportunities Supplementary Guidance c. Promote major commercial / industrial development to core investment towns i. Develop investment ‘Front Door’; refresh Development Opportunities Brochure as required d. Strategic transport improvements i. Create Maybole by-pass (refer to 2.5.2 below) ii. Promotion of routes through Visit Scotland; Cyclists Welcome scheme; development of Ayr to Culzean cycle route (costing and scoping)
2. Site Actions None directly affecting Maybole Conservation Area
3. Supplementary Guidance a. SG1 Dormer Windows (review)
9 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 b. SG3 Velux Roof Lights (review) c. SG4 Historic Environment (Linked to the Local Development Plan – Review complete) d. SG5 Replacement Windows in LBs / CAs (Review complete) e. SG6 Satellite Receiver Dishes (Review) f. SG9 Shop Front Security (Preparation of Supplementary Guidance) The full Action Programme can be found at https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/documents/action%20programme.pdf
2.5.2 Maybole By-pass
A major project, which will have a significant impact upon Maybole, and in particular the High Street, is the proposed by-pass. The High Street is the focal point for the town but as the main route to the Stranraer ferry crossing it is exceptionally busy. Traffic count surveys show that on any day in the last 16 years an average of 8076 vehicles including 760 HGV's have passed through a count point on the High Street. The Maybole bypass is a confirmed Transport Scotland project with a specific aim of improving town centre conditions. The bypass work is due to begin in 2018 and will be complete in 2020/21. This is likely to be within the second or third year of the proposed Townscape Heritage (TH) scheme. The removal of the majority of the traffic from the High Street will mean that by the conclusion of the proposed TH work Maybole will be a very different town. The HGV count alone will reduce by 95% with the addition of the bypass allowing the High Street to hopefully flourish once again.
There is an opportunity through the Maybole bypass project to remove the high levels of traffic and transform the experience of being on the High Street with shared surfaces, seating and planting which will also deliver economic benefit to local business. As a result, it will also facilitate the improved maintenance of the upper floors of buildings on the High Street, to the benefit of the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. Maybole must provide a more positive experience for its residents. It is also vital in the future that Maybole contributes to and benefits from the other visitor attractions in the local area and becomes a destination that locals and visitors to the area want to spend more time in.
2.5.3 Activity Plan
Alongside the proposed Capital Plan, an Activity Plan has been developed by Maybole Regeneration Project, incorporating a series of training, education and events that are proposed as part of the Regeneration Project, developed with the intention of raising awareness within the local community of the importance and uniqueness of Maybole’s heritage, and to foster a greater appreciation and understanding of the historic environment. These are summarised below.
Community Engagement Events Launch and Completion Events Artist/s in residence Exhibitions Interactive Heritage Trail Maybole Book of Memories Mapping and Recording Project Youth Media, Film Making and Drama Group Schools Shopfront Project Craft Taster Sessions
10 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Series of evening talks Children’s’ activity packs Storytelling and nursery rhymes
Training Activities Maybole Regeneration Project Website Information leaflets, pop up banners etc. Project Officer drop-in sessions and outreach CPD for Project Board Maintenance and Shopfront Improvement Guides Work placements on capital projects Work placements with THI / CARS team Shadowing opportunities Apprentices – training and recruitment Materials Audit and related activities Contractors workshops and bursaries On-site assessment for contractors. Maintenance Day event Shopfront improvement event Construction in the classroom Schools Traditional Building Skills demonstrations Schools Heritage Awareness course Maybole Champions Travelling pop-up exhibition
2.6 Gaps in Plan and limitations
2.6.1 Every attempt has been made to make this Plan as thorough as possible.
2.6.2 The historical research was limited by the time available and limited access to local archives.
2.6.3 Feedback from the online survey was limited by the relatively low numbers of returns, despite wide publicity, though this is typical of studies of this nature.
2.7 Other documents to be read with the plan
PAN71: Conservation Area Management (2004) http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2004/12/20450/49052 South Ayrshire Council Local Development Plan (LDP) (Adopted 2014) https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/localdevplan_final.pdf South Ayrshire Council Local Development Plan Action Programme (Revised March 2017) https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/documents/action%20programme.pdf South Ayrshire Council Town Centre and Retail Local Development Plan (adopted April 2017) https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/local- development-plans/proposed-tcr-ldp.aspx South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Guidance: Historic Environment (SG) (Adopted 2014) https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/sg%20historic%20environment.pdf
11 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Guidance: House Alterations and Extensions (Adopted 2014) https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/sg%20house%20alterations%20and%20extensions1. pdf South Ayrshire Local Development Plan Redevelopment Opportunities Schedule https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/redev%20opp.pdf South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Planning Guidance: Dormer Windows https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/spg%20dormer%20windows.pdf South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Planning Guidance: Velux Rooflights https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/spg%20velux%20rooflights.pdf South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Planning Guidance: Advertisement and Commercial Signage https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/advertisement%20and%20commercial%20signage.pdf South Ayrshire Council Supplementary Planning Guidance: Shopfront Security https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/spg%20shop%20security.pdf South Ayrshire Council Planning Policy No.19: Satellite Receiver Dishes https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/policy%20no19.pdf South Ayrshire Council Planning Enforcement Charter https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/documents/enforcement%20charter.pdf Maybole Community Action Plan 2014 – 2019 https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/cpp/documents/ruralayrshire21/maybole%20action%20plan.pdf Maybole Conservation Area Character Appraisal (2016) https://south- ayrshire.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=26aab2d9d69b48249 dd8b17945a8f5fd Falkirk Council Supplementary Guidance SG04: Shopfronts (2015) https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/planning-building/planning- policy/supplementary-guidance/docs/supplementary-guidance/adopted- documents/04%20SG04%20Shopfronts.pdf?v=201512071400 Maybole Heritage Lottery Fund Application Stage 1: Townscape and Buildings (August 2016) Maybole Regeneration Project Activity Plan (development ongoing at time of CAMP being prepared)
12 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.0 Understanding the heritage
This evaluation of the heritage – the Outstanding Conservation Area of Maybole – builds upon previous studies, notably the Conservation Area Appraisal, the Stage 1 Heritage Lottery Application Townscape and Buildings study, and the Burgh Study commissioned by Historic Scotland (now Historic Environment Scotland). It was also considered important to carry out a townscape analysis (refer to Appendix D), and community consultation to gain a greater understanding of the Conservation Area, its unique characteristics, and its importance within the Maybole Community. The following is a summary of findings.
3.1 Description of the heritage
3.1.1 The Maybole Outstanding Conservation Area was designated in 1974. Conservation Areas are “areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance”, designated by planning authorities as required by Section 61 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.
3.1.2 As part of the Conservation Area Appraisal carried out in 2016 a review of the boundaries of the Conservation Area was carried out. It was recommended at this time that the boundaries remained the same. Although consideration was given to whether the recommendation should be made that the boundaries of the Conservation Area should again reassessed to include the medieval heart of Maybole, it was decided that as both the Collegiate Church and the graveyard are protected under other designations, and their inclusion would also bring a number of poor quality modern buildings in to the Conservation Area, the boundaries should remain as they are currently.
3.1.3 Each Conservation Area has its own unique character and value. The Conservation Area Character Appraisal, carried out by South Ayrshire Council in 2016, identified the following key features:
Maybole is a tight urban settlement. Its primary green spaces are the private land around The Castle, and the Town Green. There is one Category A Listed building in the Conservation Area, 14 Category B Listed, and 18 Category C Listed. There are three areas of open space within the Conservation Area. There is green space within the grounds of the Castle which provides an appropriate setting for the Castle. The other significant area is the Town Green which is situated at the south-western edge of the Conservation Area and is laid out as a small park with the Dykes Memorial fountain. The third area is a small pocket of open space adjacent to 57-59 High Street with a bench previously occupied by a demolished building. Maybole has three character areas: the High Street; the Town Green; and Culzean Road / Barns Terrace.
High Street: Town Centre Character Area A close knit set of buildings which are two and a half storeys or three storeys in height with a building line hard onto the pavement. Narrow frontages and long rear gardens/plots.
13 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Shops are located on the ground floor with residential or storage use on the upper floors. A series of vennels run from the High Street to the north and south. Most of the properties date from the 19 th century. The houses on Cassillis Road are in the main red sandstone with stone skews and slated roofs. Some of the houses are painted ashlar. Traditional sash and case windows are in evidence. Chimney stacks are typically stone and primarily coped with circular cans. The properties in the High Street are a mixture of red sandstone, buff sandstone and painted render. The ground floors have generally painted shopfronts with upper floor sash and case windows. Focal points are the Castle and the Tolbooth
Figure 1 The High Street / Town Centre Character Area
Town Green: Semi-detached Villas Character Area North-west expansion area Buildings are one and a half, two storey and three storey in height, semi-detached or terraced properties and the building line is onto the pavement. The properties are typically red sandstone with red sandstone window surrounds. Other buildings are red sandstone with coursed finish and smooth buff sandstone window surrounds. Some buildings are harled with painted windows surrounds, and usually with painted window and door surrounds. Some buildings still display original or early timber sash and case windows. Roofs are generally slated and terminated by stone skews. Many of the one and a half storey buildings are traditionally designed with piended dormers. Chimney stacks are typically stone and are primarily coped, with circular cans.
14 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018
Figure 2 Town Green Character Area
Culzean Road / Barns Terrace: Residential Character Area To the rear and north-west of Cassillis Road residential properties were built in the 19th century as an expansion of the Cassillis Road. The houses are generally on the north side of Culzean Road/Barns Terrace with short front gardens and low stone walls. The houses are one and a half or two storey in height. The houses are predominantly 19th century. There are a number of one and a half storey houses with traditionally designed piended dormers. Buildings are a mixture of red sandstone, and random rubble harled. Some houses have traditional storm doors and fanlights. Most of the houses have traditional sash and case windows, although some have had window replacements which are of a non-traditional finish which detracts from the character of these buildings. Roofs are generally slated and terminated by stone skews. Many have traditionally designed piended dormers. Chimney stacks are typically stone or have been rebuilt in brick, and are primarily coped, with circular cans.
Figure 3 Culzean Road / Barns Terrace Residential Character Area
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3.1.4 The medieval settlement was based around the collegiate church to the south of the High Street. This area is outwith the Conservation Area. Maybole Collegiate Church is a Scheduled Monument and Category A Listed.
Figure 4 The Medieval Collegiate Church
3.1.5 There are no Scheduled Monuments within the current boundaries of the Conservation Area.
3.1.6 The High Street, School Vennel, Castle Street the south side of Culzean Road, the southern part of Barns Terrace, the southern part of Cassillis Road and part of Crosshill Road are included within the West of Scotland Archaeology Service’s archaeology consultation trigger area.
3.1.7 There are a number of landmark buildings within the Conservation Area such as the Castle, the Tolbooth, and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the vacant Post Office and the Library.
3.1.8 There are a number of buildings on the ‘At Risk’ register within the Conservation Area, notably:
48-50 High Street 52-54 High Street Maybole Castle, High Street Old Parish Church, 8 Cassillis Road – now being redeveloped Old Parish Church Hall, 8a Cassillis Road – now being redeveloped
3.1.9 There are no Tree Preservation Orders in place within the Conservation Area.
3.1.10 There is no significant Natural Heritage within Maybole Conservation Area.
16 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.2 Historical Summary
3.2.1 The following is a summary of a larger text contained, with citations, within Appendix A.
3.2.2 The townscape of modern-day Maybole is multi-period.
3.2.3 Origin of Maybole The origin of the settlement at Maybole is not known. However, the quantity and quality of fresh springs in the area would have made the site attractive to people from the very earliest times. As well as the practical uses, the springs would have made the area significant for both pre-Christian and early-Christian peoples and it is possible that the first church was constructed because of this.
The springs were also important for the textiles, leather and shoe/boot making industries of the medieval, early modern and industrial periods.
3.2.4 Medieval Period From the 12 th century, the focus of the early settlement was located to the south-east of the present town centre around the parish church/old kirkyard and the later collegiate church. An associated settlement grew up along the line of the present Ladywell Road and Abbot Street, which acted as the principal thoroughfare of the town.
The collegiate church and the old burial ground are the only upstanding features from this period.
3.2.5 16 th Century Following the elevation to Burgh of Barony status in 1516 a new, planned extension was created to the north of the medieval settlement on the axis of the present High Street. From this point Maybole became the dominant political and trading centre of Carrick.
Feus were laid out between the two castles/townhouses and much of the layout of the burgage plots still survives. A series of vennels developed off the main 16 th century street.
The two castles/townhouses are the only buildings to survive from this 16 th century period of expansion but other early features may potentially survive incorporated within the later fabric of the other High Street properties.
3.2.6 17 th Century The growth of the post-Reformation, secular burgh led to the acquisition/creation of the Tolbooth in 1674 and expansion south along Whitehall. The Town Green probably dates from this period, probably reflecting continued growth in trading.
3.2.7 18 th Century A number of new roads were created following the Ayr Road Act of 1774, making Maybole the hub in a new transport network.
As in many similar burghs, handloom weaving became the dominant local industry
There are a number of vernacular buildings of the late 18 th century (and early 19 th century) which survive within the Conservation Area.
17 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.2.8 19 th Century In the second half of the 19 th century boot and shoe making replaced weaving as the principal industrial sector. Ten factories (some very large) employed 1,500 persons. These shoe factories dominated both the economy and the urban topography of the town but most were demolished in the 20 th century.
The population of the town rose to 5,500 in 1891, increasing the demand for housing and other types of buildings including new churches, schools and banks. As such, the current townscape in the Conservation Area is dominated by 19 th century buildings.
More new roads were created including a new road to Ayr, Cassilis Road, and St Cuthbert’s Road.
The railway arrived in 1856, forming a new northern boundary to the town. There was increasing demand for housing on the more fashionable north side of the town, including a number of prestigious villas.
3.2.9 20 th Century Marked by considerable expansion of social and private housing outwith the historic core/Conservation Area from the post-WW1 period. There was extensive demolition and partial redevelopment in the late 1960s, mainly outside the Conservation Area.
Major additions to the townscape included the Carnegie Library (1906) and the Post office (1912).
There was a gradual decline of the boot and shoe making industry throughout the 1900s, removing much of the financial heart of the town.
3.2.10 21 st Century Continued decline in the financial health and historic building stock of Maybole, with continued demolition allied to new build developments.
3.3 Principal Historical / Archaeological Elements of Maybole
The springs The collegiate church, the parish church burial ground, Abbot Street and Ladywell Road Maybole Castle and the Tolbooth The High Street and the vennels The Town Green The junction of High Street, John Knox Street and School Vennel 82 High Street/2 School Vennel The Welltrees Inn Po King Restaurant, 2-6 Castle Street Maybole Railway Station The collection of 19 th century churches The 19 th century villa development north of the railway Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 Whitehall The junction of Cassilis Road, High Street, St Cuthbert’s Road and Culzean Road The Post Office and Library group The remains of the boot and shoemaking industry
18 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.4 Current Conservation Area Assessment
3.4.1 There are three Character Areas within the current designated Conservation Area:
High Street Town Green Culzean Road and Barns Terrace
3.4.2 A preliminary assessment of both the history/archaeology of the town and of the townscape indicates that:
Both the High Street and Town Green Character are of significant value in terms of both the intrinsic history/archaeology and as townscape The Culzean Road and Barns Terrace Character Area does not appear to contain the level of significance historically or in townscape terms to justify designation as a Conservation Area The core of the medieval settlement, which focusses on the old parish church burial ground and the Collegiate Church, are out with the current Conservation Area boundaries, though they are protected by other designations. Their inclusion would result in a number of poor quality modern buildings being brought within the boundaries of the Conservation Area which would be detrimental to the overall quality and perception of the Area.
3.5 Townscape Analysis
3.5.1 Refer to Appendix D for wider analysis.
Figure 5 Building Significance
3.5.2 It can be seen from the extract above that the High Street is remarkably intact, with a high percentage of traditional – or pre-1912 buildings. A significant proportion of these are also listed. 3.5.3 The narrow building frontages and long feus are evident. 3.5.4 The High Street is ‘bookended’ by two significant buildings: the Castle and the Tollbooth (Townhouse)
19 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018
Figure 6 Building Usage
3.5.5 Although the High Street is predominantly commercial or mixed use – with residential accommodation above – it can be seen that a high percentage of the properties are vacant or underutilised. 3.5.6 Of 63 commercial properties in the Conservation Area 17 are vacant, or 27%. 3.5.7 Of the current commercial uses there are very few destination shops and only one restaurant. 3.5.8 There are almost no offices or professional services within the town, who would be prime users of the High Street. The table below shows the commercial usage at the time of the site analysis (October 2017).
Use No. in Conservation Area Percentage of Total Supermarket / Convenience Store 5 8% Café / Restaurant 2 3.2% Hair Dresser / Barber / Beauty 6 9.5% Takeaway 3 4.8% Delicatessen 1 1.6% Florist 1 1.6% Independent Food Retailers 3 4.8% Pet Food Shop 1 1.6% Florist 1 1.6% Budget Gift Shop 1 1.6% Discount Store 1 1.6% Pharmacy 3 4.8% Charity Shop 1 1.6% Hardware Shop 1 1.6% Electrical Contractor 1 1.6%
20 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Funeral Care 2 3.2% Book Maker 1 1.6%
Petrol Filling Station 1 1.6% Garage 2 3.2% Vet 1 1.6% Medical Facility 3 4.8% Public House 3 4.8% Offices 2 3.2% Vacant 17 27%
Figure 7 Commercial Usage
Figure 8 Public Realm
3.5.9 It can be seen from Figure 4 above that a tight urban fabric with building frontages directly on to the street are characteristic of the historic centre. However in many instances where there has been new development this has been eroded, with buildings set back, creating semi private / semi-public space with no real function. As well as eroding the urban fabric these areas, unless well designed, can become unattractive in shots that collect dirt and rubbish. 3.5.10 It can also be seen that there are areas of parking within the centre, and there are other carparks just beyond the boundary of the Conservation Area. On street parking is also relatively easy to find in the side streets off the High Street. This is interesting because there were many comments returned in the public survey about the lack of parking. It is felt therefore that this perception is because people currently do not spend much time on the High Street, which again was evident from the survey, perhaps only stopping off at the supermarket, where they want a parking space close by.
21 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018
Figure 9 Getting Around
3.5.10 The key node points in the High Street are at the Town Hall and the Castle. 3.5.11 A primary pedestrian route is from the train station, through the Town Green, and terminating at the Town Hall. More could be made of this. 3.5.12 Parking issues are evident in the side streets around the supermarket.
22 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.6 Glossary of Architectural Features
3.6.1 The following photographs provide a record of the key architectural features to be found in the Maybole Conservation Area. These characteristics contribute to the uniqueness of the town, and should be safeguarded. 3.6.2 Roofscape Almost without exception the roofs of Maybole are slated, and many show evidence of retaining their original slates. Typically the slates are relatively small and thick, of random widths and lengths, often laid in diminishing courses. Ridge and hip flashings tend to be zinc or aluminium, with lead flashings on the gable skews, though some skews have mortar fillets. Large chimney stacks are prominent on the skyline, with banks of clay chimney pots, many of which are ornate. Eaves are typically flush with either cast iron gutters - either mounted on the wallhead or bracketed - or lead lined wallhead parapet gutters.
Figure 10 Roofscape.
Prominent roofscape viewed from above from the north and below from the south. Predominantly slated roofs with chimneys, many of them ornate. Also a number of crow step gables.
23 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.6.3 Dormers Dormers are a strong roofscape feature and come in many forms. They are typically slated with zinc or aluminium ridge and hip flashings, though some are leaded.
Figure 11 Dormers.
Half storey and dormers. A Piended dormer. B Eyebrow dormers. C Box dormer. D & E Gabled wall dormer.
3.6.4 Cast Iron Rainwater Goods
Figure 12 Cast Iron Rainwater Goods
Decorative Hoppers and Wallhead Gutters. In some cases decorative ear fixings are evident.
24 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.6.5 Stonework The external masonry in Maybole is predominantly red sandstone and comes in many forms. There are examples of blonde sandstone, either used as the field stone, or selectively as decorative quoins and window dressings. Crow – or corbie – stepped gables can occasionally be seen, as can classically moulded wall heads.
Figure 13 Stonework.
A Rock faced red sandstone with chamfered blonde sandstone ashlar dressings. B Red ashlar with blonde sandstone ashlar dressings. C Squared coursed red sandstone rubble with red sandstone ashlar window dressings. D Blonde ashlar sandstone with projecting string course and carved window surrounds. E Blonde ashlar sandstone with chamfered blonde sandstone quoins. F Dentil moulded wall head.
25 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.6.6 Windows
Traditionally windows would have been timber sash and case, and there are many examples within the Conservation Area which come in variety of forms. Astragals, where found, are of a very slender profile. Examples of window horns can be found, but these are not universal.
Figure 14 Timber Sash and Case Windows
A Two over two lying panes. B Two over two with arched window head. C Six over six. D Simple one over one with central stone mullion.
3.6.7 Storm Doors
Double storm doors protect the lobby when the building is closed but fold back neatly during the daytime. In many cases they have a fanlight above to allow daylight – and sometimes ventilation – into the lobby. Not only do they protect the internal door from the weather and improve thermal protection, but they are also an added security measure. In Maybole they are a significant architectural feature, and are found on both residential and commercial properties. Many are still evident and in use in the town today.
Figure 15 Storm Doors.
Often with a fan light above. The double benefit of enhanced security and thermal comfort.
26 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 3.6.8 Decorative Ironwork
There are relatively few examples of decorative ironwork within the town, making it all the more important that what remains is retained and properly maintained to prevent corrosion.
Figure 16 Decorative Ironwork.
A Hanging basket support. A number of these can be seen along the High Street. B On the pedestrian bridge over the railway line. C Handrail D Floor Vent E Gate. The railings have been removed. F Window Planter
3.7 How the heritage is currently looked after
The heritage is currently looked after, indirectly, by South Ayrshire Council’s Planning Service, through application of LDP historic environment policies, Supplementary Guidance and its Enforcement Charter and, directly, on an ad hoc basis, by each individual property owner. The extent and quality of work implemented is dependent on the property owners’ understanding of what is appropriate and very much on the monies available. Implementing high level maintenance on the High Street due to the largely prohibitive cost of erecting scaffold has meant that very little maintenance has been carried out over the years. This has led to a decline in the aesthetic of the High Street, which is added to by the dirt and grime generated by the quantity of HGV’s passing through the town. This ongoing decline led to a ‘Talk Maybole’ charrette being held in March 2015. The charrette was held over four days to garner the opinions of the local community on how to improve Maybole. The outcome of the charrette was a recommendation to apply for funding to improve the townscape/ buildings of the outstanding conservation area. As a result of this the Heritage
27 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Lottery Fund’s Townscape Heritage Scheme and Historic Environment Scotland’s Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme were identified as appropriate funders as their aims were aligned with the desire of the community.
4.0 Statement of Significance
4.1 Analysis of the data gathered from all sources cited in 2.4 has informed the following Statement of Significance. 4.2 The historic heart of Maybole is significant as the ancient capital of Carrick. Its origin can be traced back as far as medieval period in the 12 th century, but may be much older, even pre-Christian. Areas of Maybole have been identified as of archaeological significance due to the possibility of previously uncovered remains being in existence. Maybole is likely to have developed in its current location due to an abundance of springs and therefore fresh water in the area: an attribute which later aided the development of firstly a thriving textile industry, and subsequently bootmaking: quite unique within the region. 4.3 The medieval remains, centred around the Collegiate Church to the south of the High Street, are currently located out with the Conservation Area, however the tight urban settlement which developed during the 18 th and 19 th centuries on the hill to the north is still very much in evidence. The High Street is surprisingly intact with the narrow street frontages and long feus visible, bookended by the Category ‘B’ Listed Townhouse to the west, and the Category ‘A’ Listed Castle to the east. The later development of Cassillis Road, with wider, more classical frontages, provides a contrast to the High Street, and an attractive route way in to the town from the east. A number of historical and archaeological elements remain, and have been identified in section 3 4.4 Although the town has naturally evolved and buildings have over the years been modified and adapted, the general scale and roofscape of the town remains predominantly untouched. Within the Conservation Area around 70% of the buildings would be classed as traditional (pre-1912) and 17% of buildings (as opposed to properties) are listed. A high percentage of buildings still retain their original slate roofs (approximately 75%) and chimneys (approximately 63%), with 68% having both. Over 50% of properties in the Conservation Area still retain at least some of their original cast iron goods. 4.5 Architecturally Maybole has a particular character. Buildings are predominantly single, 1/12 or two storey of red sandstone – either rock faced or ashlar – and often with blonde sandstone quoins and dressings. Semi-circular or piended dormers are also a feature. Timber storm doors are relatively common on both domestic and commercial properties and are also a very practical feature, providing security, privacy and thermal comfort. In many cases across the Conservation Area the inner door has been replaced but the original outer storm doors still remain 4.6 The roofscape of Maybole is a key characteristic and the majority of the slate coverings and chimneys are intact. As the town is situated on a hillside the roofs can be seen both from above and below due to the low, uniform scale of the buildings. 4.7 Maybole also has strong connections with some significant historic figures.
28 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Robert Burns, whose parents courted and married in Maybole; General Dwight Eisenhower who was gifted a flat in Culzean Castle and who considered Maybole to be his Scottish hometown; and John Knox, who famously debated Scotland’s religious reformation with the Abbott of Crossraguel in Maybole in 1562. 4.8 The significance of Maybole can therefore be identified as: Archaeological (potentially) Historical Industrial Characteristic townscape Links with prominent people 4.9 In addition, the Conservation Area has the potential to contribute to the wellbeing and esteem of the local residents in terms of its status as a potential desirable area.
29 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 5.0 Risks and Opportunities
Risks to the future of the Conservation Area and the corresponding opportunities are summarised below. Section 6 details the proposed Management Guidelines which have been prepared in response to the identified risks and opportunities. The corresponding Management Guideline(s) are identified after each opportunity. R01 General unawareness of the Conservation Area. Of nearly 50 people polled outside the supermarket on one day, two thirds were unaware of being within a Conservation Area. There are no signs as you come into the area R02 Poor perception of the Conservation Area locally R03 Loss of buildings on the ‘At Risk’ register: R04 Poor first impression to visitors – dirty signage, vacant shops etc R05 Poor maintenance, partially due to difficulty in gaining safe access to buildings along the High Street R06 Heavy traffic along the High Street making the street difficult to negotiate, noisy and dirty R07 High number of vacant properties R08 Under use of the High Street due to a lack of variety of shops and an unpleasant shopping experience caused by traffic, noise, dirt and narrow pavements R09 Erosion of boundaries in new developments without adding to the public realm R10 Lack of clarity of identity or purpose – what is Maybole’s Unique Selling Point (USP)? What is the draw to the town? What would make people come and spend money? R11 Limited facilities and information for tourists Public toilets not sign posted Lack of choice of places to eat Lack of interpretive material No information point No museum Main tourist attraction – Collegiate Church – closed with keys held off site Current walking / cycling trails not made enough of R12 Loss of traditional features. Many windows and inner doors have been replaced with uPVC R13 Disillusionment from Community Groups who have worked to promote change over a long period
30 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Opportunities could therefore be summarised as:
O01 Raise awareness of Conservation Area
Management Guidelines: OG19
O02 Raise perception of Conservation Area Public realm works General maintenance Improve shop fronts Reduce traffic Create a catalyst for change Upgrade surfaces in key areas
Management Guidelines: OG16, OG17, RPG01, RPG02, RPG03, RPG05, RPG06, CCG01, CCG04
O03 Prioritise buildings on the ‘At Risk’ register through a programme of capital works, subject to funding being available
Management Guidelines: RPG01
O04 Improve first impressions for visitors to the town Clean existing signage Improve directional signage Make more of the key location of the Town Hall as a landmark on the High Street and the first point you reach when arriving on foot from the train station Enhance and strengthen links between the train station, through the Green, to the Town Hall
Management Guidelines: OG16, OG18, RPG06, CCG04
O05 Encourage regular and appropriate maintenance Create awareness of the problems associated with poor building maintenance Lead by example Prepare a typical 10 year building maintenance plan and make it easily available to building owners Create a legacy of skills and knowledge through training and ongoing access to information Create a skills database
Management Guidelines: OG02, OG03, OG10, OG11, OG12, RPG02, RPG04, RPG05, RPG07, RPG08.
31 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 O06 Following on from the completion of the proposed by-pass improve the appearance and experience of using the High Street Carry out a co-ordinated programme of building maintenance Carry out public realm improvements Encourage mixed use
Management Guidelines: OG05, OG17, RPG02, CCG03
O07 Bring vacant properties back in to use Engage with owners of vacant properties Encourage upgrading of vacant properties Consider alternative uses for vacant properties Consider ways to bring vacant properties back into use Consider ways to attract new business into the area
Management Guidelines: OG04, OG05, RPG01, RPG02, RPG03, CG03
O08 Promote shopping along the High Street Consider ways to support existing businesses Consider ways to attract new business into the area Improve the shopping experience by carrying out public realm works
Management Guidelines: OG04, OG05, RPG03, CCG03
O09 Discourage erosion of boundaries and edges
Management Guidelines: OG06, 0G07, OG08, OG09, OG10
O10 Develop Maybole’s USP by making more of its existing assets Buildings Walking and cycling routes Links with historical figures Location. Proximity to Galloway Forest Park and the coast, Culzean and Turnberry
Management Guidelines: OG16, OG17, RPG01, RPG02, RPG03, RPG05, RPG06, CCG01, CCG04.
O11 Improve facilities for tourists Provide more interpretation Improve directional signage Provide better information and facilities for visitors to the town, both on-line and within the town itself Improve access to the Collegiate Church
32 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Make more of existing walking and cycling trails
Management Guidelines: OG16, OG18, CCG04
O12 Discourage loss of original features and encourage reinstatement of traditional features Monitor and record change Carry out enforcement where necessary Protect what may be valued in the future. Assess the extent of remaining Weavers’ Cottages and tanneries Protect the roofscape
Management Guidelines: OG03, OG06, OG09, OG10, OG11, OG12, OG13, OG14, OG15, RPG04, RPG05, RPG08
O13 Encourage involvement of Community Groups and keep them informed of initiatives and progress
Management Guidelines: OG01, RPG06, CCG02
33 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 6.0 Management Guidelines
‘When effectively managed, conservation areas can anchor thriving communities, sustain cultural heritage, generate wealth and prosperity and add to quality of life. To realise this potential many of them need to continue to adapt and develop in response to everyday needs and aspirations of living and working communities.’
(Scottish Executive, 2004, p.4) 6.1 Taking cognisance of the management of the Conservation Area going forward the Management Guidelines have been split into three sections.
1. Organisational Guidelines (South Ayrshire Council). These are relevant predominantly to the Planning Department, but may also include the involvement of other departments. Although the guidance has been prepared in response to the Regeneration Project, and the requirements for a CAMP, the procedures – except where specific reference to the Regeneration Project is made – reflect good practice, are not necessarily funding dependent, and can be carried on beyond the duration of the Regeneration Project. 2. Regeneration Project Guidelines . These relate specifically to the Regeneration Project, will be operational for a five year period, and are on the whole dependent upon funding bids being successful. 3. Community Council Guidelines . These recognise the important role that the Community Council plays in the ongoing successful management of the Conservation Area and co-ordination of groups and activities, and the invested interest that the CC has in the effective application of the Management Guidelines overall.
6.2 Organisational Guidelines
These Organisational Guidelines should be read in conjunction with the LDP policy and SG relating to the preservation and management of the historic environment, which they support and amplify. The Policy and SG should be considered firstly.
Organisational Guideline 01
The Council will endeavour to establish a liaison / management group to co-ordinate the work of the various Council Departments with responsibilities for the town centre, in particular within the boundaries of the Conservation Area. The liaison group will be responsible for implementing the Conservation Area Management Plan, and for developing a review mechanism, and for liaising with the Community Council. Where appropriate the CAMP will be updated.
Organisational Guideline 02
Should the funding bid be successful, the Council will compare the expert resources required to implement the project with those available and where necessary, and resources permitting will:
a) Provide additional training to existing staff b) Appoint staff with additional specialist knowledge.
[At the time of the preparation of this CAMP the HLF funding bid was in the Development Phase]
34 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Organisational Guideline 03
In appropriate circumstances the Council will consider using its powers to serve Repairs Notices and Urgent Works Notices on the owners of listed buildings or unoccupied buildings in the Conservation Area, who have failed to satisfactorily maintain or preserve buildings. In extreme cases the Council may consider using its powers of Compulsory Purchase to prevent deterioration and damage to listed buildings, or use Dangerous Building Notices to ensure public safety, resources permitting.
Organisational Guideline 04
The Council will look positively upon proposals which identify new and sustainable uses for vacant or underutilised buildings that are consistent with the provisions of the LDP and SG: Historic Environment. Where necessary and appropriate a reduced standard of private amenity space and car parking will be considered.
Organisational Guideline 05
The Council will endeavour to encourage greater mixed use within the Conservation Area, where it accords with the provisions of the LDP.
Organisational Guideline 06
There will be a presumption against demolition within the Conservation Area unless the relevant building is considered to be of little value in itself or as part of a group, and does not preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. Any application for demolition will require a full justification report to be submitted with the application, including a structural appraisal of the property, reasons for proposing demolition, and a fully developed set of proposals for the site that will preserve or enhance the character of the Conservation Area.
Organisational Guideline 07
Any development applications within the Conservation Area will require to be accompanied by a Design Statement in accordance with guidance contained within Historic Environment Scotland’s Managing Change Guidance, New Design in Historic Settings.
Organisational Guideline 08
New developments should respect historic feus, building lines and street patterns.
Organisational Guideline 09
The Council will, when considering applications for new development, discourage proposals which erode boundaries and building lines.
35 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Organisational Guideline 10
The Council will discourage the loss of original features including, but not limited to:
a) Slate roofs b) Dormer windows c) Timber sash and case windows d) Storm doors e) Cast iron rainwater goods f) Boundary walls and ironwork
Organisational Guideline 11
The Council will recognise the importance of the roofscape within Maybole and protect it by implementing the following measures, where practicable, at reasonable cost:
a) Discouraging the loss of original slate b) Where this cannot be avoided due to the condition of the existing slate, ensure that the replacement material proposed is i) Slate ii) Of a suitable size, thickness and colour to match the existing, and preferably of Cumbrian or Welsh origin iii) Laid to diminishing courses to match original if appropriate c) Ensure that any proposed roof lights are of a conservation style and are appropriately sized, in accordance with SAC Guidance ‘Velux Rooflights’ d) Ensure that any proposed roof lights are kept to the rear elevation e) Ensure that the roofline of any new development is considered in terms of height, form and materials, to ensure that it does not detract from the special character of the Maybole skyline f) Discourage the siting of satellite dishes which project above the skyline g) Encourage the retention of chimneys
Organisational Guideline 12
There will be a presumption against painting stone facades, unless it can be proven the façade was painted originally, or forms part of a terrace or group of painted buildings. Where a façade is currently painted any repainting should be carried out in a breathable paint to ensure that damage to the stonework below is minimised.
Organisational Guideline 13
The Council will discourage the siting of satellite dishes on street frontages, or projecting above the roof line, in accordance with SAC Guidance ‘Satellite Receiver Dishes’
Organisational Guideline 14
The Council will consider producing and making readily available bespoke guidelines for erection of signage within Maybole Conservation Area.
36 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Organisational Guideline 15
There will be an assumption that any development works along the line of the High Street and to the south will require an archaeological watching brief and wherever possible potential developers will be advised of this at the earliest opportunity.
Organisational Guideline 16
In conjunction with the Ayrshire Roads Alliance, as roads authority, the Council will consider, subject to funding, public realm improvements between the train station and the Town Hall, particularly the upgrading of the paved surfaces.
Organisational Guideline 17
The Council will endeavour to lead by example when carrying out essential maintenance on SAC owned properties and will, resources permitting:
a) Have a condition survey in place for each of the properties owned by SAC within the Conservation Area b) Adhere to the repair priorities identified within the condition survey and update on a regular basis c) Use appropriate materials and techniques
Where properties are let to tenants, the Council will ensure that suitable maintenance and repair conditions are put in place within the lease.
Organisational Guideline 18
The Council will consider, subject to funding, erecting additional directional signage.
Organisational Guideline 19
The Council will consider, subject to funding, installing new signage at the principal entry points into the town which clearly announce the presence of the Conservation Area.
37 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 6.2 Regeneration Project Guidelines
Regeneration Project Guideline 01
The Regeneration Project will seek opportunities to promote / prioritise projects identified within the Conservation Area Appraisal or relating to buildings identified as ‘At Risk’, notably:
a) Old Parish Church, 8 Cassillis Road (on the ‘At Risk’ register, Category B Listed) b) Old Parish Church Hall, 8a Cassillis Road (on the ‘At Risk’ register, unlisted) c) Cassillis Hotel, 49-51 Cassillis Road (unlisted)- recently vacated d) Maybole Castle, High Street (on the ‘At Risk’ register, Category A Listed) e) 32-36 High Street (Category C Listed) f) 48-50 High Street (on the ‘At Risk’ register, unlisted) g) 52-54 High Street (on the ‘At Risk’ register, unlisted) h) 84 High Street (unlisted) i) 27-31 High Street (Category B Listed) j) 33-35 High Street (Category C Listed) k) 2 Whitehall (Category B Listed)
Regeneration Project Guideline 02
The Regeneration Project will lead by example by carrying out a programme of improvement works should the funding bid be successful, including:
a) High Street public realm improvements b) Shopfront improvements c) Improvements to priority buildings, as identified by the Maybole Regeneration Project.
Regeneration Project Guideline 03
The Regeneration Project will engage with owners of vacant or underutilised properties along the High Street to determine whether any of the initiatives within the scheme would be of interest and could assist with bringing the buildings back in to use.
Regeneration Project Guideline 04
The Regeneration Project will seek to set up a series of building repair workshops targeted at building owners, as referenced in the Activity Plan, to create an awareness of problems associated with poor building maintenance, and also to demonstrate appropriate methods of repair.
Regeneration Project Guideline 05
The Regeneration Project will encourage the reinstatement of lost features by encouraging individual building owners who meet the necessary criteria to access building repair grants for that purpose, subject to available monies, should the funding bid be successful.
38 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Regeneration Project Guideline 06
The Regeneration Project will consider the utilisation of the volunteer network, referenced in the Activity Plan, to clean the existing signage within the Conservation Area.
Regeneration Project Guideline 07
The Regeneration Project will seek to set up an information and skills database, as referenced in the Activity Plan, which will be available beyond the project completion date. A publicly accessible information point will be identified within Maybole town centre where literature such as Historic Environment Scotland’s guidance, and relevant SAC supplementary guidance, can be made available.
Regeneration Project Guideline 08
The Regeneration Project for the duration of its existence will monitor works carried out within the Conservation Area, using the gazetteer as a reference document, and updating it where necessary.
Where works have been carried out without consent, South Ayrshire Planning Department will be notified.
39 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 6.3 Community Council Guidelines
Community Council Guideline 01
The Community Council will consider ways in which a Maybole ‘brand’ could be developed, perhaps focussing upon the strong links with Burns.
Community Council Guideline 02
Through links with community groups the Community Council will consider ways to encourage further historical research, particularly with regards to Maybole’s unique industrial heritage.
Community Council Guideline 03
The Community Council will consider the creation of a Business Support Network, both to assist existing businesses, and to encourage new.
Community Council Guideline 04
The Community Council will consider opportunities to improve facilities for tourists including, but not limited to:
a) Creating a focus upon the Town Hall as a tourist node b) Strengthening the pedestrian link from the railway station, through the Town Green, towards the Town Hall c) Improving Interpretive material around the town d) Making more of cycling and walking trails which currently exist e) Providing better on-line information, as referenced in the Activity Plan f) Liaise with Historic Environment Scotland to investigate whether access to the Collegiate Church could be improved. g) Better directional signage
40 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 7.0 Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP)
7.1 The principles of the MAMP are thus. 7.2 Key stakeholders in the management of Maybole Conservation Area going forward are recognised as: 1. South Ayrshire Council 2. Maybole Town Centre Regeneration Project 3. Maybole Community Council 7.3 Cognisance has been taken of their varying roles, responsibilities and opportunities within the Guidelines set out in Section 6. 7.4 It has also been recognised that Maybole Town Centre Regeneration Project will have a limited lifespan of five years should the funding bid be successful. 7.5 It is proposed that each of the stakeholders identified in 7.2 above nominate a representative to take part in an annual Review Panel. 7.6 In order that the range of initiatives proposed within Section 6 can be effectively monitored the following documents have been provided within Appendix E. 1. Annual Review Agenda 2. Conservation Area Gazetteer 3. 10 year Maintenance Plan Template 4. Maintenance Plan Register 7.7 It is intended that Appendix E is a working document which is regularly updated, and which will – at the end of the 10 year monitoring period – provide an effective record of the initiatives undertaken, and their success. 7.8 The Annual Review Agenda provides a structure that relates to the Guidelines set out in Section 6 and provides space for pertinent information to be added. 7.9 The Conservation Area Gazetteer is a snapshot in time. It records all buildings within the Conservation Area at the time that this CAMP was prepared and includes space for notes to be added over the 10 year period such as: Consents applied for / works carried out Enforcement notices served Grants awarded and work carried out 7.10 The 10 Year Maintenance Plan Template will be handed out to any building owner who is the recipient of a grant under the Maybole Town Centre Regeneration Project. It provides guidelines as to the essential maintenance works required and their frequency, as well as links to relevant HES Inform guides. It will be a requirement of a grant award that the building owner adheres to this Maintenance Plan and periodically – at a frequency to be agreed by the Maybole Town Centre Regeneration Project – submits an updated Maintenance Plan checklist. 7.11 The Maintenance Plan Register is a means by which the Review Panel can monitor compliance by the grant recipients of 7.10 above.
41 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 8.0 Adoption and Review
Having considered a report on the Draft Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan (CAMP), at its meeting on 12 June 2018, South Ayrshire Council’s Leadership Panel approved the publication of the CAMP for public consultation and delegated power to the Director - Place to adopt the CAMP as a material consideration in the determination of applications for planning permission and statutory historic environment consents within Maybole Conservation Area, should no objections be received to the draft document. The draft CAMP was published for public consultation on 19 June 2018, with the consultation period ending on 23 July 2018. The consultation was publicised by advertisement in local newspapers and on the Historic Environment and Consultations pages of the Council’s web site, as well as by letter to targeted national and local built heritage and community organisations. Copies of the CAMP were deposited for public inspection in Maybole Library and Customer Service Centre, in community buildings in Maybole and at the Council offices in Burns House, Ayr. Two representations were received, neither of which objected nor required any change to the CAMP. Accordingly, following the making of non-substantive, spelling/typographical amendments to the Document, it was published on the Planning pages of the Council’s web site in August 2018, at https://www.south- ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/heritage.aspx, as an adopted document whereupon, as planning Guidance, it now forms a material consideration in the determination of applications for planning permission and historic environment consents affecting Maybole Conservation Area. Resources permitting, the CAMP will be reviewed every 5 years from its adoption.
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45 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 A Historical Chronology
There is almost no archaeological evidence for settlement of the area in and around Maybole during the prehistoric period. The first mention of Maybole in historic documents was in 1193 and includes a reference to an already existing church. The date of that church is not known but it is possible that it could be a quite early Christian foundation, dating from the early medieval period, and operated as a pre- Davidian parish centre. The abundance of fresh springs and possible existence of a pool or bog may also point to the site having spiritual or ritual significance during the prehistoric period, and which could explain the first Christian foundation on the site. The nucleus of the medieval settlement lay around the parish church and the collegiate church. The present line of Abbot Street and Ladywell Road (formerly known as Weaver Vennel) was a principal thoroughfare. The nature of the settlement associated with the parish church is unknown, although it would include, at the least, a priest’s house and its land. The latter, now known as Glebe Park, lay to the east of the church. The settlement may have extended westwards as far as the important water source of the Ladywell and the nearby Welltrees Spout. Many of these wells were to provide the water necessary for the development of tanneries and the associated leather industry and even in pre-Reformation times Maybole was already established as an important leather-working centre. (Dennison, 2005, 22)
Figure 17 The Welltrees Spout, Ladywell Road
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Figure 18 The Wee Spoot, Coral Glen
1193 Duncan, Earl of Carrick granted ‘the lands of Meibothelbeg and Bethoc in Carric’, including the church dedicated to St Cuthbert in Maybole, to the monks of Melrose. It appears that this is the first written reference to Maybole, although all indications are that Maybole was already a settlement of some antiquity. By 1216, the church had been granted to the Cistercian nunnery at North Berwick; and throughout the pre- reformation period the teinds of the parish were divided between the collegiate church of the Virgin Mary and St Anne in Glasgow and the nunnery in North Berwick. The medieval church, demolished after its replacement in 1808, was 16.7mt (53ft) in length and 7.3mt (24ft) wide. The churchyard that stands to the north of Abbot Street is the site of this church. There is no trace of the church visible above ground within the present churchyard, although the location of the surviving foundations was recorded during refurbishment works in 1924. … The irregular boundary of the present churchyard may reflect its earlier perimeter, although kirkyard boundaries often change, due to encroachment for secular use, and it is quite possible that medieval burials might be found beyond its present boundaries. (Dennison, 2005, 19-20) 1371 Chapel of St. Mary founded by John Kennedy of Dunure 1382 The Collegiate Church of Maybole (Cat A and S.A.M.) was established in the existing chapel of 1371 with endowments for one clerk and three chaplains, also by John Kennedy of Dunure. Most of the land on which the town of Maybole now sits once sustained the collegiate church. It was substantially rebuilt during the early-15 th century. The last recorded mass was celebrated Easter 1563. Post-Reformation it was used as the burial place of the Earls of Cassilis. Statement of National Importance The monument is of national importance as the well-preserved remains of a collegiate church of medieval date containing architectural detail of high quality and surrounded by a contemporary burial ground. Study of the standing fabric and of
47 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 below-ground remains provides, and has the potential to provide further, evidence to enhance understanding of medieval ecclesiastical architecture and practices, funerary practices and demographic studies. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM90212
Figure 19 Collegiate Church at Maybole, 1789
Figure 20 Aerial photograph of collegiate church and old burying ground, 2011
48 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1577 There is a reference in 1577 to lands called the Masondew, which refers to a medieval hospital, connected with the collegiate church. The location of this building is uncertain but it was possibly in the area of Welltrees. An area known as the Garden of Eden lay to the south-east of the old churchyard, between Abbot Street and Drumellan Street. Names associated with paradise were commonly used for monastic gardens and it is possible that this area was formerly an enclosed garden, belonging either to the collegiate church or to the manse of the parish church. Nearby were the houses of the clergy who served the collegiate church. John Knox’s House was said to be the site of the residence of the provost of the collegiate church and the site of the famous debate between Knox and the Abbot of Crossraguel in 1562. In the mid-19 th century this building, then known as the Red Lion Inn, is recorded as having small windows, an external stair, and a thatched roof. A 2-storey house known as the Black house stood at the corner of Kirk Port and Abbot Street. This house, which is recorded in a sasine of 1612, was said to be the house of one of the prebendaries who served the collegiate church. (Dennison, 2005, 21-22) 16 th to 17 th CENTURY Maybole was made a burgh of barony in 1516 and a new, planned settlement was created to the north-west reflecting secular and commercial interests rather than ecclesiastical. The new burgh took the form of a series of feus laid out on either side of what became the modern High Street. This new thoroughfare was terminated at each end by a castellated townhouse of C16 and/or C17 dates, but the chronology of development of the feus and the castles/townhouses is not clear. 1516 John, Duke of Albany, in the name of James V (1513-42), granted to the provost and prebendaries of the collegiate church at Maybole a charter of erection of a burgh of barony, with Gilbert, Earl of Cassilis, as its superior. The power to feu lands in perticatas burgales was conceded to the provost of the collegiate church of Maybole, with the consent of the Earl of Cassilis. This meant that the formal laying out of the burgh in burgage plots, or tofts, by officials called liners, could get underway. On these burgage plots the townspeople built their houses. The long property boundaries which survive behind much of the High Street preserve the lines of the burgage plots. These individual plots survive particularly well on the north side of the High Street, and a section still remains on the south side. Buildings situated in the burgh were almost certainly constructed on the site of, or directly over, the remains of earlier buildings, a sequence, in some cases, possibly going back to the medieval period and continuing up to the present day. Although no opportunity has been taken to examine archaeologically any of the street frontages in Maybole, evidence of earlier structures may be expected to survive, sealed beneath 18 th and 19 th century buildings along the High Street and the vennels and streets leading off. (Dennison, 2005, 22-23) mid-1500s? Maybole Castle (Cat A) constructed. It is the dominant building of the burgh.
49 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 The castle was originally a townhouse of the Earls of Cassilis; it may be identified with the ‘new house of Maybole’ mentioned in a document of 1545. It is an L-shaped tower of four storeys and a garret, with large circular turrets corbelled out at its north and east angles. A stair-wing projects to the south-west, the corbelled top floor of which has an elaborate oriel window which overlooks the High Street. A later two- storey addition extends to the north-west. The date of origin of the tower is disputed; it may have been constructed by Gilbert. Third Earl of Cassilis, in c1540. In 1584, the property was described as the ‘tower, manor place and fortalice in Mayboyle’.
Figure 21 Maybole Castle, 1845-52
The castle did not always stand as an isolated tower; it is probable that it was within a walled enclosure or barmkin, along with other ancillary ranges. Barns and other service buildings existed until the first years of the 19 th century, in the area of the present St Cuthbert’s Road and Barns Road. These were removed when the present Cassilis Road, formerly known as New Yards, was created.
(Dennison, 2005, 25)
Originally it stood across the bottom of the High Street with the gates to the courtyard facing up the street and with a great part of it on the site now occupied by the Post Office. The main door was originally at the side of the square tower which faced up the High Street. The main hall was above vaulted cellars which still remain and above the hall were the sleeping apartments. The retainers’ quarters were on the other side of the gateway which gave entrance into the castle yard which was built round the well now, locally known as "The Pump".
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Figure 22 High Street Showing Old Pump
As years passed the Earls spent less and less of their time in Maybole, and gradually the old Castle fell into a state of disrepair and it became practically abandoned except for a few old retainers who lived in some of the outbuildings. In 1805 the Earl of Cassillis agreed with the town council that the part sited where the Post Office stands could be demolished to allow a road to be formed from the foot of the High Street to Duncanland Toll at the bottom of Redbrae. When the old buildings were removed the Earl decided to repair the old Castle and in 1812 reroofed it and built the additions which are now the Marquess of Ailsa’s Estate Offices and the living rooms above, also the Dining Room and new kitchen premises. The gardens and park had walls erected round them and from 1812 the Castle has remained as it is now and it has been the home of Lord Ailsa’s Estate Factors from then until the present day.
(Gray, 1972, 125-126)
Figure 23 Maybole Castle, late-1800s Figure 24 Maybole Castle, 1941
51 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1560 Following the Reformation in Scotland and the move to the Reformed faith, the land on which Maybole was built, which had been gifted to the collegiate church, was returned to the Kennedys, the superiors of Maybole. From this time onwards the burgh developed on secular lines.
1562 The Great Debate, John Knox’s House, John Knox Street (previously Back Vennel) (demolished 1963). John Knox’s House was reputedly formerly the residence of the Provost or Principal of the Collegiate Church, and was the house that the famous Debate between John Knox and the last Abbot of Crossraguel took place in 1562. However, photographs appear to show it to have been of much more recent construction
Figure 25 John Knox’s House
1600s? The original date of the construction of the townhouse or ‘place’ of the Lairds of Blairquhan/Tolbooth/Town Hall (Cat B) is not known but it is believed to be sometime in the 17 th century. A rectangular-plan house with a 3-stage tower, it was incorporated into a new Tolbooth/Town Hall complex and has been partially demolished over time during this process. Originally it would probably have stood in its own walled grounds, along with various service buildings and gardens.
The building was quite large and occupied part of the site now occupied by Cameron’s Garage and the Royal Bank. About the end of the seventeenth century it was formed into the Court House and Tolbooth for the town, when a great part of the building was removed, and only the tower, part of the Lesser Town Hall, and a square building with a raked crow stepped gable were left. In the 1880s it was decided Maybole must have a proper Town Hall commensurate with the needs of the thriving burgh and the old buildings with the exception of the tower, were swept away and the new Town Hall built in 1887, and it stands so to this day, with a few minor alterations to ‘the interior. It has accommodation for 750 people and is the gathering place for all the townsfolk at dances, whist drives, public
52 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 meetings, etc. The "Lesser Town Hall" incorporates part of the old Council Chamber and "Dancing Room" and the tower was fitted last century with a new roof with a clock in it, the original clock having been set in the stonework of the tower. (Gray, 1972, 127-129) The tolbooth not only housed the meetings of the town officials, but also functioned as the town jail. It was here, also, that the town weights were kept, for use at the town’s markets and fairs. Land to the south of the tolbooth survived as open space into the second half of the 19 th century, when it was known as Jail Park.
Figure 26 The Townhouse or Tolbooth
The Blairquhan townhouse once formed the SW terminus of the High Street. It is believed that it was after it was acquired by the town council and converted to serve as the Tolbooth that the enclosures to the west were cleared and Whitehall laid out as an extension of the High Street.
Figure 27 Whitehall looking south, 1904
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Figure 28 Whitehall looking north, n.d.
1639 Maybole was made the venue for all the head courts of the bailieship of Carrick 1654 First map of Maybole ( Minnyboll ) Blaeu’s map of Carrick depicts Minnyboll and appears to be quite accurate in that it shows the upper, 16 th century settlement as a two-part linear feature with towers/castles at each end, the southern part of which curves in the same manner as Welltrees Street. It also shows a church with associated buildings to the south of this.
Figure 29 Blaeu, 1654, Caricta Borealis vulgo, The northpart of Carrick
1696 The first description of Maybole was provided by William Abercrummie in ‘A Description of Carrick’
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SPRINGS It abounds with many good springs of water, whereof I shall at present mention four only for ther singularity, two for ther copiousness of water both of them at Mayboll; one at the Northeast end of the towne called my Lordswell and though usually it spring so abundantly that no inconsiderable stream run from it, yet in times of great droughts it fails, but the other on the southwest end of the towne called the Sprout of Welltrees is so very plenteous that falling in several mouths through rock and stone it would for its plenty and sweetnesses be accounted a rich treasure to the Capitall city of the nation. Another spring there is called St. Helens well or by a curt pronuntiation St. Emus for St. Antonies well, it is about a myle and ane halfe from Mayboll on the road to Aire a litle north of Balachmont. It is famous for the cure of unthriving children, to which at the change of the quarter especially at May-day there is a great resort of people from all quarters, and at a good distance. A fourth is a small neglected spring about the head of Denines in the forsaid parish of Mayboll near to a place called Sennyglens-crosse famous for its vertue in curing cowes that are taken with the mure ill for by drinking thereof, they are healed and accordingly it is carryed far up into the moore countrey by people for this use. CHURCHES There was also a Collegiat Church at Mayboll the fabrick wherof is yet extant and entyre, being now used as the buriall place of the Earle of Cassillis, and other Gentlemen who contributed to the putting of a roofe upon it when it was decayed. On the northsyde of which Kirk is the buriall place of the Laird of Colaine within ane Enclosure of new squarestone lately built the Coledge consisted of a Rector and three prebends, whose stalls are all of them yet extant, save the Rectors which was where these low buildings and the garden are on the Eastsyde of that which is now the Parsons house, the other three are the Blackhouse, Ja Grays house with the Orchard and the Welltrees. The patrimony of this church were the provest and priests lands in the parish of Kirkmichael, which fell into the E. Cassillis hands upon the dissolution of the Colledge at the reformation. Out of which he as yet payes yearly to the Minister of Mayboll the some of 70 Merks Scots. As for the Church its present patrimony is out of the Tyth of the parish which before the reformation was all possessed and enjoyed by the Nuns of Northberwick and on the dissolution of the said Nunnerie became a prize to the Laird of Bargeny. The parish Church stands at a little distance from the foresaid Colledge eastward. It does not appear when it was built, but the large Isle that lyes from the body of the Church southward and makes the figure of the Church a T, was built by Mr. Ja. Bonar, Minister thereat in the reign of K. Ch. the First. Within the said parish of Mayboll there have been other chappells of old as Kirkbryde on the Coastsyde whose walls and yard be yet extant, and within the lands of Achindrain and elsewhere there have been other chappels whereof the Rudera are yet to be seen THE TOWN This Towne of Mayboll stands upon an ascending ground from East to West, and lyes open to the South, It hath one principall street declining towards the East. It is pretty well fenced from the North by a higher ridge of hills that lyes above it at a small distance northward. It hath one principall street with houses on both sydes built of free stone and it is beautifyed with the situation of two Castles one at each end of this street. That on the East belongs to the Earle of Cassillis beyond which Eastward
55 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 stands a great new building, which be his granaries, on the west end is a Castle which belonged sometyme to the Laird of Blairquhan, which is now the Tolbuith and is adorned with a pyramide and a row of Ballesters round it raised upon the top of a staire case, into which they have mounted a fyne clock. There be four Lanes which passe from the principall street. One is called the back Venall which is steep declining to the southeast, and leads to a lower street, which is far longer than the high chiefe street, and it runs from Kirkland to the Welltrees in which there have been many pretty buildings belonging to the severall Gentry of the countrey who were wont to resort hither in winter and divert themselves in converse together at their owne houses. It was once the principall street of the towne, but many of these houses of the Gentry being decayed and ruined, it has lost much of its ancient beautie. Just opposite to this Venall there is another that leads North West from the chiefe street to the Green which is a pleasant plott of ground enclosed round with an Earthen wall wherein they were wont to play at football but now at the Gowffe and Byasse bowls. At the Eastend of the principall street are other two lanes, the one called the fore Venall carryes northward, the other furder East upon the chiefe street passes to the south East, and is called the Kirk Venall and is the great resort of the people from the towne to the church. The houses of this towne on both sydes of the street, have their severall gardens belonging to them, and in the lower street there be some pretty orchards that yeild store of good fruit. The church is very capacious, well furnished with seats below and lofts or Galleries above, the principall whereof is that belonging to the Earl of Cassillis. On the Eastend of the Isle there is the Session Loft well adorned with two rowes of seats a higher and lower round about it, for the accomodation of the people who are wont to be catechised in this apartment. The schoole is upon the East end of the Church separated from it by a partition of timber wherein doors and windowes open to give them not only a prospect into the church but opportunity of hearing at the greatest distance HOUSES Tradition has preserved the names of a few of the chief of these residences. These are, 1, The Castle, belonging to the Earls of Cassillis. 2, The present Tolbooth was the town residence of the Lairds of Blairquhan. 3, ‘The Black House’, which belonged to the Kennedies of Knockdone. 4, A large Mansion-house with a garden, which belonged to Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean; and was probably the house to which he was returning when waylaid by Auchendrayne and his accomplices. It now belongs to Mr. Niven of Kirkbride. 5, A House in the Kirkwynd, which belonged to Kennedy of Ballimore. 6, ‘The White Horse Inn’, which formerly belonged to the Lairds of Kilhenzie. 7, ‘The Garden of Eden’, and the House to which it is attached, which was the residence of the Abbots of Crossraguel. 8, The House where Abbot Quentin Kennedy and John Knox held their celebrated Conference or disputation, and is now ‘the Red Lion Inn’. A great number of other ancient Houses are still extant, an examination of the title-deeds of which would show the proprietors to have been the principal gentry of the district of Carrick. Enough has been noticed to show the ancient splendour of Maybole. Twenty-eight of these winter Mansion-houses can still be reckoned. 18 th CENTURY 1743 Council records indicate that the High Street was paved in this year 1747-55 General William Roy’s post-Jacobite Rebellion Military Survey of Scotland
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Figure 30 General Roy's Map of the 1750s
Roy’s map shows that in the 1750s Weaver Vennel (Ladywell Road), Back Vennel (John Knox Street), the High Street and Kirk Wynd were the main residential thoroughfares of the town with buildings on both sides of them. Welltrees Street is clearly marked as the other principal routeway but only has a couple of buildings/enclosures on its west side (the more northerly being the Tolbooth?). The parish church is the most conspicuous building shown on the map and the enclosure around Maybole Castle is clearly recorded as well. Throughout the 18 th century the town was dominated by weaving. This industrial activity was reflected in the street name Weaver Vennel, renamed in the 20 th century as Ladywell Road. (Dennison, 2005, 33-34) 1761 Parish church rebuilt 1773 In October 1773 traffic on the High Street had increased to such an extent that it was found the Town Cross was causing an obstruction to coaches and carriages and it was decreed that the Cross be removed and the site marked by a "paved freestone cross formed within a stone circle level with the street and neatly paved with small
57 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 thin pebbles which the Magistrates and Councillors ordain will be the Cross of the Burgh of Maybole in all time thereafter". The shaft and steps of the cross were broken up but the stone forming the head of it was built into the inner gates of the Castle and is still there. This stone has a moondial on one side, a sundial on another side, the date 1707 and a rampant lion on the third side and the coat of arms of the Earl of Cassillis on the fourth side. The site of the old cross is now marked by an iron cross set in the asphalted roadway midway up the High Street. (Gray, 1972, 49) 1775 The Foul Vennal (now Castle Street) had been a constant worry for years because it was unpaved and had an open drain down the centre of it and in January 1775 the owners of the properties in the Vennal paid £7 sterling to the Council for the purpose of causewaying the street. The work was carried out and shortly afterwards the name was changed from Foul Vennal to Post Vennal because the post vans were stabled in it. (Gray, 1972, 49) 1773-74 The road network was improved in 1773-74 by the construction of turnpike roads – following the passing of the Ayr Road Act of 1774 Maybole became a hub for a number of new roads which form the basis of the current system – three different roads connected Maybole with Girvan and other roads went to Ayr and Dalrymple – this changed the nature of the town which was now a crossroads on various through routes During the early part of the 19 th century great strides were made in the forming of new roads into the town and William Niven, the “leader” of the council, and described by a local worthy as “Lord God o' Maybole and master o’ a’ the lime kilns roon aboot,” was responsible for a great deal of improvements to the local streets. Many were just lanes with gutters down the centre, as in the Foul Vennal (now Castle Street) and William Niven urged that such streets be paved and new streets formed. There were thirty tollhouses in Maybole District and four of these were within the town or on its boundaries. Duncan land Toll (at the foot of Redbrae) Ladyland Toll (at the end of Whitehall) Gardenrose Toll (at Station Bridge on Culzean Road) Welltrees Toll (at the foot of Welltrees Street) The rents show that the greatest volume of traffic was by the high road from Ayr entering the town by Duncanland Toll and by the road over Allan's Hill from Girvan which entered the town at Welltrees. (Gray, 1972, 29)
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Figure 31 Armstrong, 1775, A New Map of Ayrshire late-1700s Many vernacular buildings of the late 18 th century or early 19 th century date survive within the historic core of Maybole. Usually harled with painted window margins, and sometimes distinguished with nepus gables, they form a distinctive feature in the present townscape. A number appearing to date from the 18 th century, or an even earlier date, can be identified, although others may survive disguised by later remodelling. Buildings of 18 th century date include the Welltrees Inn in Welltrees Street, no.2 School Vennel, no.82 High Street, no.2 Greenside, and no.33 Castle Street. (Dennison, 2005, 33) 2 School Vennel and 82 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37719 Late 18 th /early 19 th century. Corner house block 3 storeys, 3 bays to school vennel, 2- bay gable end to High Street. Harled with painted margins, gable end rendered.
Figure 32 2 School Vennel and 82 High Street
59 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 2 Greenside (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37695 Late 18th/early 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Harled, with painted margins Central door with broad modern surround.
Figure 33 1-2 Greenside
33 Castle Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37687 Late 18th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted rubble and margins.
Figure 34 33 Castle Street
60 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 The Welltrees Inn (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37720 Late 18th/early 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Harled with painted margins.
Figure 35 The Welltrees Inn, Welltrees Street
18 Greenside (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37697 Earlier 19th century. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Stugged red ashlar with polished margins and painted doorway
19 Greenside (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37698 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Rubble-built with ashlar margins
Figure 36 18-19 Greenside
61 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 10 Greenside (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37696 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Rubble-built with painted ashlar margins
Figure 37 10 Greenside
Barns House, Culzean Road (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37691 Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house
Figure 38 Barns House
31 Whitehall (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB49585 Late 18 th to early 19 th century. 2-storey 3-bay house with low ground floor windows; plain central door with raised ashlar surround. Although semi-derelict (2003), this building retains good vernacular characteristics. Its proportions are subtle with the ground floor windows slightly wider than those above; the windows have no margins. The modern cement harl on the facade has replaced a traditional lime harl or lime wash. The position of the building on Whitehall, near the centre of the historic burgh of Maybole, is prominent and the building
62 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 contributes much by delineating the streetscape due to its immediate proximity to the road.
Figure 39 31 Whitehall
9 Whitehall (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37722 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted harl and dressings with rusticated quoins.
1-7 Whitehall (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37721 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Painted render and dressings with rusticated quoins.
Figure 40 9 Whitehall Figure 41 1-7 Whitehall
Bank of Scotland, 67 High Street (Cat B) https://canmore.org.uk/site/228400/maybole-67-high-street-bank-of-scotland
The Bank of Scotland building in Maybole is believed to have been the home of Baillie William Niven (1762? - 1844), a leading civic figure in the town. (Fergusson, Sir James, of Kilkerran (1963) “The White Hind and Other Discoveries”, London: Faber & Faber). The 1841 Census shows the 75-year old widower, Niven, living there with 65-year old John Goudie (possibly a brother-in-law) and 25-year old Janet Jarvie, both of 'independent' means, and two servants, George Gregg and Margaret McJannet. The house is noted as having been built at the beginning of the 19th century. (Close, R. & Riches, A. (2012) “The Buildings of Scotland : Ayrshire & Arran”, p.536)
63 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 However, a legal document indicates an earlier date of construction (assuming it relates to the same property): “Maybole July 1st 1795 This is Certifying that the Mein Gavel built betwixt Messrs Thomas Alexander and William Niven merchants in Maybole Newly built by Mr Niven Amounts in expence for building stones Hewn stones Lime and Sand & workmanship exclusive of vents to Twenty Seven pounds sterling The above is attested by me ~ John McClure Same time I acknowledge to have received payment in full from Mr Niven and will Grant a receipt on a stamp when required ~ John McClure”
Ayrshire Archives, ATD42/8/54
Figure 42 Bank of Scotland
55-59 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37706 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted ashlar and margins. Pilastered ground floor with 3 central doors and shops in outer bays.
Figure 43 55-59 High Street
1,3,5 Kirkland Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37712
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Figure 44 1-5 Kirkland Street
4 Kirkland Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37713 Earlier 19th century. Single storey 3 wide bays.
Figure 45 4 Kirkland Street
6 Kirkland Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37714 Earlier 19th century. Single storey and attic, 3 wide bays
Figure 46 6 Kirkland Steet 8-10 Kirkland Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37715
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Figure 47 8-10 Kirkland Street
2-6 Castle Street, presently occupied by the Po King Restaurant (not listed and no Canmore reference)
Figure 48 2-6 Castle Street
1792 Old Statistical Account, Vol. III, Maybole, County of Ayrshire 220-222 Maybole is a borough of barony… Its charter is dated at Edinburgh , the 14th of November 1516. Manufactures.- The woollen manufacture is carried on, in Maybole, to a greater extent than is generally known. Eighty looms are employed in the town and country parish of Maybole, in weaving cloth for blankets; and all these looms, except a very few, are in the town. These looms employ, in the course of the manufacture, about 300 persons, who are so industrious, that they manufacture annually about 5600 stones of wool, each stone containing 24 lib. averdupois. The cloth is sold…at eight annual public markets, four of which are at Maybole, and four at Ayr.
Within these twelve months, the cotton manufacture has got a small footing at Maybole, in which 24 looms are employed. Population:-In the town of Maybole, there are 800 examinable persons, that is, at or above 8 years of age.
66 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 School:-The school-house, which is built at the foot of the Green of Maybole, is but an old mean thatched house, very unsuitable to the eminent characters, which, at different times, have been educated in it.
Figure 49 The Auld Greenside Schule
Church:-The church was built about 35 years ago. It is a large, but mean structure.
19 th CENTURY c1800 When the old house of Blairquhan was formed into the Tolbooth, and a great part of it demolished in 1800, a small, oddly shaped building, was permitted to be built on the site of the demolished buildings next the tower and this later became three shops with a dwellinghouse above and was known as the Spooncreel. The Council in later days tried to have it removed and when the new Town Hall was being built acquired it and started to demolish it. Some trouble arose about the titles, however, and finally the civic fathers had to replace the roof which they had removed, and the building remained with its shops until 1967 when it was finally acquired by the town and demolished. Its removal opened up the old tower and, as the surrounding area has been neatly paved, it now again stands up in its glory as it did over four hundred years ago.
1800 Population 1200 In April 1800 it is recorded £100 was paid to the Road Trustees to enable them to form a road from Lyonstone in a direct line to the Town of Maybole. This is what is now Park Terrace and Cassillis Road from the foot of Lovers Lane to Duncanland Toll. (Gray, 1972, 52) 1803 Gazetteer of Scotland 378 The town of Maybole is situated on a small eminence, around which the surrounding hills rise in the form of an amphitheatre, defending it on every side form stormy winds. It is well supplied with excellent water, and is noted for the health and longevity of its inhabitants.
67 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 The principal business is the blanket manufactory, in which upwards of 300 persons are constantly employed; the produce is sold at the 4 annual fairs, which are held in the town. 1805 In May 1804 the question of the removal of the Castle kitchens, etc., which then spread across to where the Post Office now stands, was discussed with the Earl of Cassillis and it was finally agreed in April 1805 that these would be taken down and a road formed through the Castle yards to join up with the road formed from Lyonstone to Duncanland Toll in 1800. This was done and the New Yards (or Cassillis Road as it is now called) came into existence at that time. (Gray, 1972, 52)
A new road to Ayr was created and Cassilis Road, formerly called New Yards, was formed through the site of the stack yards of the castle creating a direct link between the High Street and the terminus of the toll road at Duncanland toll. The route was created after 1805, when the Earl of Cassilis agreed to the demolition of outbuildings associated with the castle.
Figure 50 High Street and Maybole Castle, 1904
Fashionable houses of early- to mid-19 th century date, some with fine details such as Venetian windows and scrolled skewputts, survive to bear witness to the popularity of this street, such as nos.14-26.
(Dennison, 2005, 35)
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Figure 51 Cassillis Road looking west.
Figure 52 Cassillis Road looking east.
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Figure 53 14 Cassillis Road Figure 54 16-18 Cassillis Road
14 Cassillis Road (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37681 Early 19th century. 2 storeys and attic, 4 bays. Painted ashlar.
16-18 Cassillis Road (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37682 Early 19th century pair of 2-storey and attic 5-bay houses linked by pend with single bay above. Pink sandstone ashlar
22 Cassillis Road (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37683 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted ashlar.
24 Cassillis Road (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37684 Earlier 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted ashlar.
Figure 55 22-24 Cassillis Road
70 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 25-27 Cassillis Road (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37680 Circa 1840. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted ashlar.
Figure 56 25-27 Cassillis Road
23 Cassilis Road (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37679 Mid 19th century. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays.
Figure 57 23 Cassillis Road
1807 In March 1807 the council paid £4.1.8d. to acquire the ground at Welltrees where “the water issues from the rock at the spout below the tree” and this ground was later tidied up and a wall built round the well which supplied the townspeople in that “suburb” for nearly another hundred years.
1808 The new Parish Church (Cat B) was opened in New Yards/Cassilis Road (architect Robert McLachlan according to BARR). The church was closed in 2005 after the congregation merged with West Church to form the new Maybole Parish Church. The old parish church was left unsecured and was burned down in 2015. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37686 1808, refurbished 1882. Square-plan church with tower at centre of south wall.
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Figure 58 Parish Church Figure 59 Stained glass window, Parish Church (n.d.)
1824 Maybole Benevolent Society set up a house in 1824 for ‘workpeople and their families’ Society Street takes its name from this 1832 In 1827 it was requested that the heritors and magistrates enclose the Old College and the Burying Ground ‘with a stone and lime wall with a gate’ to protect it. This was agreed and completed by 1832. 1834 On 19 th March of that year the Maybole Gas Company opened their new Gasworks in Dangartland. The gas works supplied Maybole until 1969 when piped gas was introduced and the old works were closed and demolished
Figure 60 Maybole from the south west (n.d.), with gas works in right foreground
1837 Pigot and Co., Ayrshire Directory , Maybole Maybole is a small, neat, market and post town, the capital of the parish of its name and the district of Carrick… The streets of the town are narrow, and contain no eminently fine places or public buildings; but it nevertheless possesses, in a certain degree, a character of massive magnificence seldom seen in much larger places. This is attributable to the circumstance of its having been, in former times, the winter
72 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 residence of many of the noble and baronial families of the neighbourhood, some of whose mansions yet standing, with their turrets, impart an air of antique dignity to the houses around. Several of the dwellings now inhabited by weavers bear a venerable aspect, and doubtless were at a distant period the domiciles of more dignified personages. The mansion-house or castle of the Cassilis family is the finest surviving specimen of the winter seats formerly existing in Maybole; it is a stately well built structure, situate at the east end of the town, and is said to have been the residence of the repudiated Countess of Cassilis. The building now used as a town-hall belonged to the Kennedys of Blairquhan.
The principal business carried on here is weaving for the Glasgow houses, in which branch there are many local agents employed, and many families indefatigably occupied.
1836-40 West Parish Church (locally known as the Glen Kirk) (Cat C), designed by George Meikle Kemp, built in Coral Glen. The 3-bay manse was probably contemporary and also by Kemp.
Figure 61 West Parish Church, 1904
1842 Topographical, Statistical and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland
An old rhyme, using one of several obsolete variations of the town’s ancient name says,- “Minnibole’s a dirty hole, It sits aboon a mire.” The whole ancient site is declivitous, abounding with copious springs of pure water… The lower streets of the burgh, called Kirklands, Newyards, and Ballong, are not within the limits of the burgh, and consist almost wholly of weavers’ houses and workshops, tidier and in every respect better than similar buildings in most other towns. The main street runs nearly north and south, and - with the exception of a brief thoroughfare going off westward at right angles from its middle – occupies the highest ground within the burgh.
73 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 A considerable space, deeply sloping between it and the low-lying suburbs, is disposed to a small extent in the ancient cemetery and the relics of the collegiate church; to a greater extent in four or five incompact and irregularly arranged streets; and to a yet greater extent in fields and gardens which give all the intersecting thoroughfares a straggling or detached appearance, and impart to the whole town, a rural, airy, and healthful aspect. The only parts which draw the attention of a stranger, are the Main Street, and what is called the Kirk-wynd. These are narrow, and of varying width, quite destitute of every modern attraction, and sinless of all the ordinary graces of a fine town; yet they possess many features of antique stateliness, decayed and venerable magnificence, and even fading dashes of metropolitan greatness, which strongly image the aristocratical parts of Edinburgh during the feudal age.
The noticeable civil buildings, additional to the two mentioned, are the ancient town- residence of the Lairds of Blairquhan, now used as the tolbooth, - the ancient residence of the Lairds of Kilhenzie, now the White Horse inn, - the ancient residence of the Kennedys of Knockdow, now called the Black house, - the house occupied by Sir Thomas Kennedy of Colzean, now the property of Mr. Niven of Kirk-bride, - the ancient residence of the Kennedys of Ballimore, situated in the Kirkwynd,- the ancient residence of the abbots of Crossraguel, called the Garden of Eden, - and the Town- hall, a cumbrous old pile with a low, heavy, spiral tower, situated at the Cross.
Figure 62 Castle of Maybole, 1838
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Figure 63 Detail of the High Street from Castle of Maybole, 1838
Though the town has not one modern public civil building, it abounds in commodious and comfortable dwelling-houses, greatly superior, for every domiciliary use, to even the best of its remaining baronial mansions. The parish-church is a plain edifice, and might even claim to be neat were it not disfigured by a small steeple which looks like a burlesque upon architecture. The United Secession chapel arrests attention chiefly for having a deep slice cut away from one of its corners, - occasioned by a very bigotted and discreditable attempt to prevent its erection. Maybole, in everything except its buildings, has been singularly denuded of its ancient character; and, after passing through a season of great depopulation and decline consequent on the abolition of hereditary jurisdictions, has risen into considerable importance as a busy outpost of the cotton-manufacturers of Glasgow, and a ready receptacle of the immigrant weavers of Ireland. It has no manufacture whatever of its own, beyond the usual produce of handicraftsmen for local use; and figures simply as a seat of population, where the Irish weavers and the agents of Scottish employers conveniently meet. Incomers from Ireland have been so numerous as almost to counterbalance the aboriginal inhabitants, and give law to the place; and, many of them being Orangemen, they make periodical party- demonstrations, such as give some trouble to the sheriff, and excel in boldness most which occur in even Orangeized Ulster. Excepting a few coarse woollens and blankets, all the fabrics woven are pullicates, imitation thibets, and mull and jaconet muslins. Maybole, jointly with the villages of Crosshill and Kirkmichael, had, in 1828, 1,700 hand-looms, and, in 1838, 1,300. The gross average of wages earned by each weaver is about 6 shillings per week. The Report of Assistant Hand-loom Weavers’ commissioners, says that the morals of the Maybole weavers are “apparently very
75 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 low,” and gives some details respecting them and the agents which we do not choose to repeat. The property of the burgh consists of the town-house, flesh-market, and slaughter- house; a piece of ground called the Ball green, and another piece of ground, of about four falls in extent; and a pew in the gallery of the church, occupied by the magistrates and council. The magistrates have jurisdiction over the whole burgh, and possess the usual powers of the magistrates of burghs-of-barony, which were independent of the superior previous to the passing of the Act 20, Geo. II. They hold a weekly court, in which petty delinquencies, and personal actions to any amount are tried; and they judge in a summary manner in actions called ‘Causeway complaints’ when the sum at issue does not exceed 6s. 8d, and in general services of heirs. From 1820 to 1833, the average annual number of criminal cases before the burgh court was 10, of civil cases 7. The town is lighted with gas, and supplied with water, from the common good; the police is regulated by the magistrates in virtue of their powers at common law; and the streets are maintained and cleaned at the expense of the turnpike-road trust funds of the county. The town has branch-offices of the Ayr bank and of the Ayrshire banking company; a savings bank; nearly 40 inns and ale-houses; a subscription and circulating library; a parochial school; and an agricultural association called the Carrick Farmers' society. In 1833, the population, within burgh, was about 3,000, and in the streets of Kirklands, Newyards, and Ballony, about 1,000…
Maybole, till after the commencement of the present century, was, in a great measure, isolated from other towns, and from all Scotland except its own immediate precincts. The deadening influence which fell upon it after it lost its metropolitical character and importance, placed defences around it almost as impassable as the moat and the exterior fortifications of a feudal castle. Access to it was neither invited by its inhabitants, nor desired on the part of most strangers; and by the few who sought it, it was not easily obtained. But - through the exertions chiefly of Mr. Niven of Kirkbride - excellent roads have been opened to it from every direction, and various appliances set up to bring it into terms of free communication with other parts of Scotland.
1844 Cargill Free Church built in Barns Road (burned down in 1906 and rebuilt, but demolished recently for housing) The outstanding features of the church are three lancet windows to each gable which relieves the monotony of the tall gables, each of which are surmounted with a cross. The church was originally named Cargil Church but when the congregations of this church and the Kincraig Church united in the 1950s the two names were combined and it is now known as the Cargil-Kincraig Church.
The "Free Kirkers" however, seem to have had more architectural taste when the question of building a manse for their minister was mooted as they erected at "Townhead" an attractive villa which for many years was the Free Church Manse. This house was built at the top of Kirkland Street opposite Duncan-land Toll and is now occupied by the Burgh Surveyor and the manse park is now the site of the Roman Catholic School.
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Figure 64 Cargill Free Church, 1904
1845 New Statistical Account, Vol.V, County of Ayrshire, Maybole Entry written in 1837 by the Rev. George Gray, Minister
The Black House and Well Trees still remain of the residences of the priests, and the orchards that surrounded the others are well known. The collegiate church is used as a burying-place by the family of Cassilis, and others who formerly contributed to its repair. It was, nevertheless, allowed to fall into a most ruinous and filthy condition, from which it was only rescued by the public spirit of Mr Andrews, and the inhabitants of Maybole, who a few years ago, by subscription, surrounded it with a wall, and tastefully laid out and planted the enclosure. There are also within the town of Maybole several remains of its former consequence and splendour, when, as the provincial capital it was resorted to in winter by many of the principal families in Carrick. Besides the dwellings of the ecclesiastics and the Earl of Cassilis, commonly designated in these days the King of Carrick, the following houses of the gentry still remain; the house of Kennedy of Ballemore, in the Kirk Wynd; the Garden of Eden, the house of the abbots of Crossraguel, &c. extending, according to some, the number of twenty-eight.
Modern Buildings.-The church is a plain structure, with a steeple in the worst possible taste. By a recent repair the interior has been rendered comfortable and neat. There is no other building worthy of notice, but it may still be consolatory to observe, that, notwithstanding the decline which this would indicate from the former grandeur of Maybole, there is not one of the ancient houses of the gentry referred to, which is not far surpassed in accommodation and comfort by the houses of the respectable inhabitants of the present day.
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After the Reformation, and the great changes in the state of society consequent upon it, there appears to have been a decrease of the population from that period to the close of the last century. From that time to the present, the numbers have increased both in the town and country; in the former they have been doubled, amounting now, from the influx of Irish weavers, to 4000; while in the country the spirit of agricultural improvement has also caused an increase, and where the population is between 2000 and 3000.
The introduction of manufactures has raised many in the scale of affluence and comfort… The number residing in the town by a census lately taken by the kirk-session is very nearly 4000.
Manufactures.-There are no manufacturing establishments of any consequence in the parish; but, as has invariably happened on the west coast, the influences of Glasgow and the proximity of Ireland, have drawn to the town and every little hamlet a great population of hand-loom weavers. These are all employed by the manufacturers of Glasgow through the medium of a class of middle-men, called agents, and who, from the improvidence of the weavers, who are mostly Irish, and their practice of keeping shops and paying them in kind, are generally very prosperous.
1849-50 Low Baronial style wing added to the Castle during conversion as a factor’s house and office
1851 Population 3862
1852 Alexander Jack moved his business to Maybole making carts, etc. for the local farmers. The business grew rapidly and he built at “Townhead”, at a cost of £6,000, the works which became widely known as “Jacks” and employed over one hundred men. Up until the First World War the firm had a great influence in the agricultural implement world but from then on the business waned, and fewer and fewer men were employed until after the Second World War it finally was taken over by the firm of John Wallace who carried on the business until the 1960s when, like the shoe industry, it finally had to close down.
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Figure 65 A. Jack & Sons Ltd., Agricultural Engineers, 1904
1856 Maybole’s first railway station was opened on 13 th October 1856 as the southern terminus of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway. It closed on 24 th May 1860 when a new station of the same name was opened to the south west on the Maybole and Girvan Railway.
1856 First Ordnance Survey of Maybole
Figure 66 O.S. 25” 1st Edition 1856, Ayr Sheet XLV.5
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1855-57 Ordnance Survey Name Books, Ayrshire, Volume 45, Town of Maybole, Sheet 44, Lieutenant F. E. Pratt, Royal Engineers Situated on a gently sloping declivity affording a delightful view of the low ground and the hills beyond towards the east, S.E. [South East] and South, it is very irregular most of the streets being narrow and badly paved. The principal thoroughfare which extends through the whole length of the town in a NE [North Easterly] and South westerly direction has three distinct names New Yards to the N. E. [North East] extending from the Railway Station to Maybole Castle is pretty regular the houses being mostly recently erected neat and two storey, Whitehall to the S.W. [South West] is regular the houses of which are also modern and with a few exceptions two storey Main Street in the Centre extending from the N. [North] end of Welltrees Street to Maybole Castle is irregular and badly paved. Many of the houses, which are nearly all two storey and in good repair, have been rebuilt and others repaired giving them in general a neat appearance, this is almost exclusively a street of shops grocers drapers [etc] the only one in the town with shops worthy of notice. The streets branching off towards the S.E. [South East] from this are narrow steep and irregular and the houses are generally one storey. The Old burying ground is situated in the S.E. [South East] part of the town & it is enclosed by a stone wall six feet high. The Old Parish Church stood about the centre of it but no trace whatever remains of the building at present having been totally removed at the erection of the present Church which stands at the N. [North] side of New Yards adjacent to and west of the burying ground A new two storey dwelling house stands on the site of what was once called the Black house, the houses of the Abbots of Crossraguel extended from this Westward but they have all been removed and new dwelling houses occupy their sites There is a [weekly] Market held on thursday. A general Post office a Circulating Library a Coach starts daily for Ayr from the Sun Inn at 9 a.m. returning at 7 p.m. another passes through from Girvan to Ayr at the same time in the morning passing on its return at 6 p.m. also two Coaches which run between Ayr and N. Stewart pass through here daily, -
The Bog A low lying tract of ground, including a range of one storey slated dwelling houses in tolerable repair. These houses are built about twenty years. Up till that time the place where they stand was a marsh, hence probably the name
Weaver Vennel Extends from the junction of Coral Glen and Mason's Row on the west to the Grave Yard or Kirklands on the east. The street is narrow and irregular- houses principally one storey, slated and in tolerable repair. Mostly occupied by weavers
Welltrees Street Extends from the west end of Main Street to Weaver Vennel near Welltrees Spout from which it takes its name. It is narrow and irregular - houses all one storey and in tolerable repair, principally occupied by weavers
80 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Whitehall Extends from the north end of Coral Glen to the west end of Main Street at the north end of Welltrees Street. The houses are principally two storey, slated and in good repair. A few small grocers shops, but the principal occupants are Weavers The Sun Inn A two Storey Slated building with the offices attached, all in good repair. Property of Mr. John Orr, Clerk, Cupar Fifeshire.
King’s Arms Hotel A large three storey slated building with out offices attached all in good repair. Property of Mr. James Rennie, the occupant.
Branch of the Union Bank of Scotland A large two storey slated building in good repair- Branch of the Union Bank of Scotland - Formerly occupied by the late William Niven Esqr.
Branch of the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND A large two storey slated building in good repair, Branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Branch of the WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND This is a branch of the Western Bank of Scotland. Two storey high, slated and in good repair
MAIN STREET The principal street of the town extending from Whitehall at the North end of Welltrees Street on the west to the Castle on the East.- The houses are nearly all two storey high, slated and in good repair, occupied principally by shop-keepers
SCHOOL GREEN An open green space, is a common where cattle shows etc. etc. are held
POORHOUSE A large three storey slated building in good repair. Property Sir James Ferguson. Bart. [Baronet] Kilkerran. It is rented by the board for the accommodation of the poor of the parish who cannot subsist on the regular out door allowance, there are about thirty paupers in it at present.
SCHOOL VENNEL Extends from the school Green to the Main Street, it is narrow and irregular, The houses are nearly all one storey high, slated and in good repair.
BACK VENNEL Extends from the Main Street to Weaver vennell, narrow and steep, houses mostly one storey slated and in tolerable repair
FREE CHURCH Is an elegant and commodious building erected about 12 years ago and is capable of containing 800 persons, it is a plain Gothic structure, and is well lighted with gas internally, it was erected by the Free Church Congregation, The Ministers stipend is £100 per annum, with a free House.
FREE CHURCH MANSE A neat substantial building two storeys high, slated and in good repair, it is the manse attached to the Free Church. Situated - near Duncanland T.P. [Toll Point]
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FOUL VENNEL A narrow street with a row of houses on one side principally one storey high, thatched and middling repair.- Property of the Marquis of Ailsa
MAYBOLE CASTLE An ancient seat of the the Earls of Carrick with which are associated various local traditions.- The Property of the Marquis of Ailsa - now inhabited by his Factor. Maybole Castle is constructed in the Gothic Style of Architecture and has been recently rebuilt and enlarged about 8 years ago.- It is four storeys high and is in excellent repair.- On the south west side and immediately below the window of the fourth storey, are cut out in stone, thirteen heads, which are traditionally known to have been the heads of a gang of Gipseys, the leader of whom fell in love with the Lady of Culzean, who was determined to elope with him, but was taken and confined in the Castle, and the heads of the Gipseys put up in remembrance of the act.- [Page] 8 " Besides the Castle of Maybole, the former residence of the Earls of Cassillis, and the principal part of which is still " in excellent preservation, there are more or less entire, the "Castles of Newark. Greenan, Dunduff Etc Etc. ** Statistical Account (1842) ** "On the east the town is no longer bounded by the Castle, and The Earl of Cassillis' granaries. The castle, no doubt, occupies its original "site, but an elegant range of buildings, called the New Yards, extend "the line of houses very considerably in that quarter," Patersons History of Ayrshire (1847) "Tradition affirms that the Countess "of Cassillis, after her elopement with " Sir John Faa, "The Gipsey Laddie, " "about the middle of the seventeenth "century, was was confined to this Castle "for life." Statistical Account (1842)
CARRICK ACADEMY Erected in 1848 by a private individual supported partly by allowances from Sir James Ferguson and the general assembly and partly by the fees - Course of education English reading and writing, Arithmetic and Mathematics in all their branches, Latin, French, Greek Etc Etc. Attended by about 200 pupils - Teachers salary £30. one storey slated and in good repair, Now rented - Partly endowed by the late Sir C.D. Ferguson, who left £20 a year towards its support.
TOWN HALL Erected about the middle of the sixteenth century and was the town residence of the Blairquhan Family. Is in the Gothic style of architecture and in a good state of preservation. It has underwent frequent repair, three storey high and slated. From the middle of the building a square tower rises to a height of about 30 feet. The lower part is used as the lock up.
BLAIRQUHAN CASTLE "On the west end (of Maybole Town) is a castle, which belonged sometime to "the Laird of Blairquhan, which is now the tolbuith, and is adorned with a "pyremide, and a row of ballesters round it, raised upon the top of the stair - "-case, into which they have mounted a fyne clock. "Abercrobmie's Account "The present tolbooth, the town residence of the Lairds of Blairquhan. Patterson's History (1847)
PARISH SCHOOL The parish school - A neat one storey slated bulding. It has an endorsement of £50 per annum left by the late Sir C.D. Ferguson- for the Course of Education, English reading and writing, arithmetic & Mathematics in all their branches, Latin, French, Greek etc. Average attendance of pupils 80, Teachers salary £34 with allowance for house and garden.
82 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 GARDEN OF EDEN A piece of enclosed ground now occupied as a kitchen garden. It formerly belonged to the Collegiate Church. Nothing is known of the derivation of the name.
OLD COLLEGE (Remains of) Founded in 1441 by Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure, the walls are about 10 feet high and apparently were never higher. A small portion of it is still roofed and used as the family vault of the Cassillis family. enclosed by a stone wall and the space within planted. It was endowed out of the provost and priest's lands in the Parish of Kirkmichael, which fell into the hands of the Earl of Cassillis upon the dissolution of the College at the Reformation - Statistical Account 1842.
DANGERLAND SCHOOL Built in 1845 and maintained by Free Church. average attendance 150. Teachers Salary £10 a year And School fees. Course of education. English reading and writing and arithmetic. One storey slated and in good repair.
MASON'S ROW A row of dwelling houses extending from the junction of Coral Glen and Weaver Vennell to the Southern extremity of the town. They are all one storey slated and in good repair. Principally occupied by weavers
GARDENROSE Farmsteading consisting of dwelling house and out Offices all one storey high, slated and in tolerable repair. Property of Andrew Galloway Esqr. C.E. [Collector Excise?]
LADYLAND T.P. A small one storey slated dwelling or Toll house at which full rates are payable on a County Trust road. The name is derived from Glen Quarry.
LADYLAND A stripe of ground lying on or forming the western extremity of Maybole extending from the green to Whitehall - some houses have been recently erected on it near the green and also near Whitehall - I have not been able to ascertain its derivation. Property of W. B. Brown Esqr. Banker
CORAL GLEN A street along which extends on one side a row of dwelling houses formerly the western extremity of Maybole extending from the west end of Whitehall to the junction of Mason's row and Weaver Vennel - with one or two exceptions the houses are one storey nearly all slated and in good repair, occupied by Weavers.
RAGGED SCHOOL For destitute and neglected children who receive besides elementary and religious instruction a portion of food and clothing - attended by about 35. House rented. Teachers Salary £20 a year. Supported by Voluntary Subscription. Not endowed. One storey. Slated and in good repair.
CEMETERY Recently provided by Heritors, the old burying ground being overcrowded - half the space belonging to two private gentlemen who dispose of Small portions as wanted.
WELLTREES SPOUT A very large and never failing Spring of excellent water, it flows copiously from white [faced?] stone and has no appearance of any kind of mineral. It derives its name from
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RED LION INN Where John Knox held his celebrated controversy with Quintin Kennedy Abbot of Crossraguel in 1563. It is two storey high and in good repair
GAS WORKS Property of a Company of private Individuals Constructed in the year 1832 And is in excellent repair.
POST OFFICE Opens at 7 A.M. and shuts at 10 P.M. The mail arrives at half past 5 A.M. and departs at 12 o'clock at night. It is a money order office - The dwelling house of the Post Master is attached and is two storey high slated and in good repair.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Founded by the late Sir C. D. Ferguson Bart. [Baronet] of Kilkeiran about 10 years ago and is maintained by subscription principally from Lady Ferguson, and the Marchioness of Ailsa, it is attended by females - the branches taught are reading, writing, sewing and knitting, the average attendance is 70 - Schoolmistress' salary £15 per Annum.
SAWMILL Recently built and carried on by Mr A. Jack.- A very extensive sawmill with a large storeroom and engine [house] connected to it - one of the houses [three,] the other two storey slated and in excellent repair - saws driven by an engine 10 horse power _ Property of A. Jack._
PARISH CHURCH Built in 1808- Interior improved in 1830 - accomodates from 12 to 1300.- Twelve free sittings reserved for the poor of the parish - square spire about 60 feet high; the front of the [steeple is the ?] "Worst possible taste". three storeys high slated and in good repair.-
PARISH MANSE [Situation] stands near the Road or Street called Kirkland. Built in 1806 - In the usual style of Manse architecture two storey and in excellent repair - Glebe consists of about 12 acres and is worth £30 - The ministers stipend is 20 chalders of victual, half meal and half barley with £20 per annum for Communion elements
GREY STREET (or Kirk Wynd) A narrow irregular Street extending from the Main Street to Reform Place, The houses are two storey thatched and in a bad state of repair being very old Kirkwynd is a more antiquated name.
REFORM PLACE A range of two storey thatched dwelling houses extending from the South end of Grey Street in a S.W. [South West] direction for about 100 feet Occupied by weavers.
SOCIETY HOUSE A two storey slated building in good repair built by the benevolent society whose property it is, occupied by weavers.
84 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 SOCIETY STREET the houses of this street with one or two exceptions are one storey & slated & all in good repair. It derives its name from the circumstances of one of the houses having been built by the benevolent society.
DRUMELLAN STREET Is comparatively new houses two stories high, slated and in good repair. Occupied by weavers.
WELLTREES HILL A range of one storey Slated dwelling houses in good repair occupied by weavers - Property of D. McKee Esqr Barr.-
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHAPEL (Temporary) Erected in 1823 by Voluntary subscription. belonged the Wesleyan Methodists in 1840. used since that time by the English Church Mission as a place of meeting. Supported partly by allowances from the Episcopal Church Society, and partly by subscription. Proprietor The Wesleyan Methodists. No dedication
CHURCH [United Presbyterian Erected in 1797 by Voluntary Subscription, Supported by the Same Means. Not endowed. Built in the plain modern style and kept in good repair.
NEWYARDS Extending from the junction of Castle Road, Main Street, and Smithy Brae on the South West to the Railway Station on the North East. - The houses are all of recent erection principally two storey, slated and in good repair - Originally yards and gardens hence the name.
SMITHYBRAE A street along which extends a range of one storey dwelling houses partly slated and partly thatched in tolerable repair. Occupied chiefly by agricultural labourers.
KIRKLAND Extending from the old burying ground on the S.W. [South West] to Duncanland T.P. [Turnpike] on the N.E. [North East]. Nearly all one storey, slated and in tolerable repair. A great number of proprietors.
BUCK'S HEAD INN A two storey slated house with stables attached, all in good repair . Property of Mr. S. Fullerton
BLACK HOUSE A two storey slated dwelling house erected in 1845 and in good repair . It is called the Black House from the circumstance of its occupying the site of a building of that name which had been at one time the residence of the Priests of the Collegiate church of Maybole.
CAIRN HOUSE A one Storey Thatched house in the Kirklands in tolerable repair.
LADYLAND PARK A piece of enclosed ground (arable) in the Lady Lands
85 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 CROFT A narrow lane leading from White Hall on the north west to Welltress Street on the north east enclosed by a wall of from 4 to 6 feet
BACK ROAD A Country Road on the North Western Extremity of the Town Commencing at the School Green on the South west and ending at the Red Bray on the N.W. [North West] . There is nothing remarkable about it. The Free Church stands about the Centre
KIRKPORT A street along which extends a range of two storey thatched dwelling houses called Reform Place
CASTLE ROAD A public road extending from Back Road on the North West to the junction of Newyards and Main Street on the South East
COLLEGE PASS An old irregular street or lane on the south side of which is situated [beside the] Remains of the Old College.
NEW ROAD A public road on the south side of which is situated Ladyland park and Ladyland
THE BARNS A neat substantial building two storeys high, slated and in good repair - the residence of the United Presbyterian Minister at present situated a little east of the free church mid-1800s Much of the historic core of modern Maybole is defined by buildings dating from the mid-19 th century (only a selection have been listed)
Figure 67 19 th Century Maybole High Street
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6 and 8 Whitehall (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37725 Mid 19th century. Pair of 2-storey houses. Both painted ashlar and dressings.
Figure 69 6-10 Whitehall. The Speakers.
4 Whitehall (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37724 Mid 19th century. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Polished ashlar and dressings.
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Figure 70 4 Whitehall
88-90 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37711 Circa 1840. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Painted ashlar. Thin pilasters marking party wall (design originally continued to north)
Figure 71 43-47 High Street Figure 72 88-90 High Street
43-47 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37704 Mid 19th century. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Painted ashlar. 3 central doors, middle one leading to 1st floor.
37-41 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37703 Mid 19th century. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Painted ashlar. Modern shops at ground.
Figure 73 37-41 High Street
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33-35 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37702 Mid 19th century. 3 storeys, 2 bays. Painted ashlar. 2 later shops in ground floor with continuous cornice above.
27-31 High Street (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37701 Circa 1840. 3 storeys, 4 bays. Painted ashlar with contrasting dressings. Central basket-arched pend with flanking doors and modern shop windows. Continuous cornice between ground and 1st floors. Tall pilaster strips at outer angle.
52 High Street (not listed) https://canmore.org.uk/site/276894/maybole-52-high-street Three storey tenement with ground floor timber pilastered shop fronts. Slated roof with 2 canted piended dormer windows. Gable and mid brick chimney stacks. Part of the rear of the building was demolished following a structural collapse in 1999.
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48-50 High Street (not listed) https://canmore.org.uk/site/346502/maybole-48-50-high-street Two and a half storey terraced building 3 bays to upper floors with pend and shop frontage at street level. Rendered facade with steeply pitched slated roof over.
Figure 74 48 - 54 High Street
32-36 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37710 Mid 19th century. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Painted stugged ashlar and margins. Central door with fanlight and cavetto reveals flanked by shop door and window.
Figure 75 32 - 36 High Street Figure 76 96 Ladywell Road
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1857 Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 Whitehall (Cat B) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37723 Peddie and Kinnear 1857. 3-storey, 3-bay Italianate bank building.
Figure 77 Royal Bank of Scotland, 2 Whitehall
1857 Change from Burgh of Barony to Police Burgh post-1850s Handloom weaving declined due to competition from powerlooms and this resulted in a number of unemployed weavers – they found new employment after c.1850 in the leather and shoemaking trades Both shoemaking and tanning were carried out in small scale units during the early 19 th century, the tanneries being sited beside water sources, such as at St Cuthbert’s Road, formerly Smithy Brae. These sites formed the basis for the post-1850 expansion of the industry, and expansion which transformed the appearance of the burgh with the erection of large factories that specialised in the production of heavy working boots called ‘Maybole tacketties’ which were used extensively in the construction industry and by agricultural labourers. The industry flourished in the late 19 th century when 10 factories employed 1,500 persons and sold one million shoes per year; the population of the town rose to 5,500 in 1891, boosted by a large Irish immigrant population. The industry reached its peak with the expansion of the Lorne factory by Thomas Aitken Gray in 1881 which, by 1883, had a workforce of 283 men. These shoe factories dominated both the economy and the urban topography of the town in the late 19 th century.
(Dennison, 2005, 39)
1860 New railway station opened
1861 Population 4115
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Figure 78 O.S. 25” 2nd edition, 1894-95, Ayrshire 044.08
1868 St Cuthbert Street laid out
1869 Ornamental iron pump erected by public subscription over the Castle Well (a.k.a. My Lords Well) - this pump was a landmark in the town until it was removed in the 1930s.
1871 Population 3797
1876 Ladyland School built in Carrick Street – it was a square sandstone two storey building which burned down in January 1920. In the 1860s there were five schools in the town, the Parish School at Greenside, the Industrial School at Greenhead, the West Church School (which had the largest number of pupils) the Free Church School and the Episcopal School, but these were all closed in 1876 when the new school was opened.
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Figure 79 Ladyland School
1876 25 High Street (Cat C) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37700 1876 dated. 2 storeys, 2 bays. Painted ashlar ground floor, coursers, with yellow ashlar dressings above, rubble-built side wall. Shop at ground floor with bracketed blind box. 2 first floor windows with linked hood-moulds. Date stone in gable head. Moulded skewputt at north east, stepped skews,
Figure 80 25 High Street
1877 On 15 th January 1877 the council agreed to obtain plans for a new Town Hall to be built next to the Court House
1878 Our Lady and St Cuthbert Roman Catholic Church (Cat B) opened with presbytery and school
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Figure 81 Our Lady and St Cuthbert Church, 1904
1880 Maybole Railway Station rebuilt (not listed) https://canmore.org.uk/site/198355/maybole-18-20-culzean-road-station Maybole Station, rebuilt 1880 by the Glasgow and South Western Rly. A two-platform through station, with the main offices on the down platform. These are in a 2-storey, 4-bay rubble building, with a single-storey wood and rubble wing. On the up platform, there is a large wood and rubble single-storey building with a glazed awning supported on cast-iron brackets. A lattice-girder footbridge links the platforms. When the Glasgow to Ayr line was electrified in the mid-1980s the line from Ayr to Girvan was singled, and traffic at Girvan was concentrated on the south-bound platform, the building on the other platform, and the footbridge, being demolished.
Figure 82 Maybole Railway Station
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Figure 83 Pedestrian bridge over the railway line Figure 84 Kincraig UP Church
1880 Kincraig U.P. Church opened in Culzean Road The new church in Culzean Road was a fine red sandstone building with a neat stone steeple and a beautiful window with stone tracery and four stained glass panels in the front gable to the main road. It was well proportioned inside and was an attractive little church with a most convenient hall attached. It was evident that by the end of the nineteenth century more thought was being given to church design by the townsfolk and this, the last church to be built, was a great improvement on the older kirks. Unfortunately (from a buildings point of view) when the Cargill and Kingcraig congregations decided to amalgamate it was decided the Cargill Church should be used as a congregational meeting place and the Kincralg Church was sold to a local builder who demolished it and built houses on the site. The Church hall was converted into a dwelling house and now only the name of Kincraig Court remains to remind the townfolk of the fine church which once stood there. The Kincraig Manse which adjoined the church was retained as a manse for the minister of the Cargill Kincraig Church and Cargill Manse (which was next to Kincraig Manse in Culzean Road) was sold and is now a private house. later-1800s Kincraig (Cat B), Culzean Road http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37692 Asymmetrical, L-plan, 2-storey, 3-bay house later-1800s Fairknowe (Cat C), Cargill Road Asymmetrical, L-plan, 2-storey, 3-bay house
Figure 85 Kincraig Figure 86 Fairknowe
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1882 Thomas Dykes Memorial Fountain erected in the Town Green over the Green Well – made of Peterhead granite
1883 St Oswald’s Episcopal Church (not listed), Cargill Road http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carricks%20capital/buildings.htm The Episcopal Church at the foot of Gardenrose Path was built about the end of last century and is a small neat building with a simple dignity unfortunately marred by being crammed into a small site. It had a metal framework bell tower with a little high pitched bell, the sound of which was so familiar to the townspeople, until the tower was removed during the second World War to help the war effort in the collection of scrap metal. The interior is more attractive, than any of the larger churches, with a fine arch to the altar on the east wall.
Figure 87 St Oswald's Episcopal Church
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Figure 88 Gardenrose Avenue
1883 With the failure of the weaving trade there was a great deal of unemployment and labour was cheap and easily procured and about the middle of the nineteenth century some small shoe-makers who had been producing boots and shoes mainly in their own homes or having it done by other shoemakers on piecework rates, decided to start boot and shoe making in a large way and they built factories and trained and employed the old weavers. These firms prospered exceedingly well and by 1883 there were eight large shoe factories, (three with tanneries and currying departments), employing 1,184 workers and producing 12,360 pairs of boots weekly.
1884-85 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Maybole, a town and a coast parish of Carrick, Ayrshire. The town, lying 3¾ miles inland, and 200 to 350 feet above sea-level, has a station on the Ayr and Girvan section (1857-60) of the Glasgow and South-Western railway. Maybole, besides, has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, insurance, and telegraph departments; branches of the Royal and Union Banks; offices or agencies of 15 insurance companies, 3 hotels, a mechanics' institution, a working men's club, a combination poor-house for six of the Carrick parishes, farmers' and horticultural societies, water and gas companies, etc. Handloom weaving has declined; and boot and shoe making and the manufacture of agricultural implements are now the staple industries. Five large shoe factories turn out 200,000 pairs per annum, representing a value of nearly £90,000. Houses (1881) 602 inhabited, 26 vacant, 3 building.
1887 Tolbooth/Town Hall constructed – architect Robert S. Ingram of Kilmarnock Ingram’s hard-edged red stone Scots Baronial Town Hall incorporates the 17 th century rectangular house, with a three stage tower, that had been the townhouse of the lairds of Blairquhan. There are some lovely details to the original work. Ingram’s work, with its heavy consoled balcony, is harder, bookish.
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Figure 89 Ashgrove House
Around the end of the nineteenth century many fine villas were built in the town, especially up the "Shore Road" and behind the station, and the old town started to spread up the hill. Ashgrove Home and Lumsden Home, both built originally as private houses and both taken over this century by Glasgow Corporation as holiday homes for children from Glasgow, who were in need of holidays in rural surroundings. Ashgrove Home was originally "Craigengillan" and was built about the end of C19 by James A. Gray, owner of one of the shoe factories and it is said he built it at the top of Kirklandhill Path so that he could look down on the "Bog Lum" which was the chimney stack of Ladywell Factory and a well-known landmark to older residents in the town. Lumsden Home was built by a local doctor and was originally known as Redbrae House
Figure 90 Lumsden Home Lumsden Home (dem), http://www.maybole.org/places/lumsden/house.htm
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1890 Cairn School (not listed) opened on east side of Kirkland Street
Figure 91 Cairn School
1891 Population 5470, of whom 2766 were males and 2704 females – houses inhabited 703, vacant 28
1891 By 1891 there were ten shoe factories in full production employing 1,500 workers and producing about one million pairs of boots and shoes annually. Shops were opened throughout the whole of Britain, named “The Maybole Shoe Shop”, (one being opened as far away as Manitoba) and these sold the products of the factories direct to the customers. The list of factories in the town at that date were: John Gray & Co. (Ladywell) T.A. Gray (Lorne) James Ramsay (St Cuthberts) Charles Crawford (Kirkwynd) John Lees & Co. (Townend) William Boyd (St Helens) Maybole Shoe Factory (Drumellan Street) J.M. Rennie (Greenside) G. Dick (Ladyland) McGarvie & Co. (Society Street)
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Figure 92 T.A. Gray (Lorne)
Figure 93 Charles Crawford, Kirkwynd
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Figure 94 James Ramsay, St Cuthberts
Figure 95 John Lees & Co., Townend Boot and Shoe Factory
1892-94 The Town Green (formerly the Balgreen) had been a source of annoyance for many years, being unkept and overgrown with weeds when it was not a quagmire after rain, and in February 1892, it was finally decided to have it put into order, sown out in grass, with walks through it and a railing erected round it, at the cost of £300, of which £150 had been collected by public subscription. Two years later the work was completed… The Town Green had the original railings round it until the Second World War when they were removed to aid the war effort in the collection of scrap iron for ammunition. The trees were planted in 1894 and many are still standing although some have died and been removed.
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Figure 96 The Green
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1901 Population 5900
1901 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1143 Maybole, besides, has a post office, with money order, savings bank, insurance, and telegraph departments; branches of the Royal, Commercial, and Union Banks; 3 hotels, workmen's club, gaswork, a combination poor-house for six of the Carrick parishes, farmers' and horticultural societies, etc.
Fairs are held on the third Thursday of April and October, the attendance at which is small, and the business done little. Handloom weaving has declined; and boot and shoe making and the manufacture of agricultural implements are now the staple industries, there being quite a number of large shoe factories in the town.
Figure 97 Maybole High Street, 1904.
1906 Carnegie Library, 1 High Street (Cat C), architect J.K. Hunter, Ayr
http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB49582 Office of James Kennedy Hunter, 1906; alterations and repairs 2001. 2-storey Scots Renaissance purpose-built library on prominent corner site. Built by the office of J K Hunter of Ayr, and possibly designed by assistant James Carrick, the library is in typical Edwardian fashion, combining elements from established styles. It originally contained reading rooms, lending library, billiard room and games room but there is virtually nothing left of the interior scheme. After lying empty for approximately ten years, the local authority funded the restoration in 2001. The broad corner position of the building forms an impressive entrance to the High Street, opposite the A-listed Maybole Castle and adjacent to the C(S)-listed Baronial- style Edwardian post office.
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Figure 98 The Carnegie Library c1908 The Ladywell Factory, which was the largest in the town, closed down, marking the beginning of the shoe and boot industry. Many shoemakers emigrated with their families to Canada (some estimates give 2,000 persons as the number that left Maybole at that time) and some went to work in the shoe factory at Shield-hall. … The owners of some of the smaller factories, however, were more far sighted and gradually Crawford, Ramsay and Lees installed modern machinery and absorbed the remainder of the shoemakers who had stayed in Maybole. (Gray, 1972, 77-79) 1912 Maybole Pocket Guide 20 Coming to the College again, we will walk through the quaint old Weaver Vennel reaching the west end of this part. The chief object of interest here is the Welltrees Spout, a fine natural spring, gushing from the freestone and discharging water at the rate of exactly one gallon per second. It is surmounted by an ash tree, and on the stone-work above the spring are carved the words: Ye ne’er ken the worth o’ water Till the well gangs dry. 22 Two districts of Maybole still remain to be mentioned, both fine residential localities. The first – Barns Terrace – on the Alloway Road, on the slope from the station. It contains on the left hand Cargill U.F. Church and on the right Carrick Cinema House – a neat white building – while at the extreme end of it is the boot factory of Messrs. John Lees & Co.
104 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 The second, The Shore Road, is the most modern part of the town. Lying above the station and extending well up the Culzean Road Hill, this handsome row of fine villas, with their trim gardens, will give one a very fair idea of the commercial prosperity of Maybole. This district also contains Ashgrove Children’s Home, Kincraig U.F. Church – a small red building but in very good style – and the Episcopal Church of St Oswald.
Figure 99 The Shore Road, 1904
The Carrick Cinema House in Culzean Road This tidy white building was opened early in the year and is well equipped and comfortably furnished. The lighting is excellent and the films, of a wide variety, are in advance of the average.
1912 Carrick Cinema House opened in Culzean Road – it was replaced by the New Carrick Cinema in Welltrees Street in 1938 and the older building was demolished – the new one closed in 1968
Figure 100 Carrick Cinema House
105 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1913 Post Office, 3 High Street (Cat C) - later 1930s extension to rear http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB37699 Built 1913. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the southern wider, 2-bay extension to south. Snecked and stugged ashlar above granite plinth, polished dressings
Figure 101 The Post Office
1914 Baptist Church built in Carrick Street (not listed)
In 1914 at a cost of £1,720 the Baptist Church was built in Carrick Street and it is a small rectangular, brick built structure, with a red sandstone front gable and porch with an arched doorway. Like the Episcopal Church it is crammed into a very small site which does nothing to improve its appearance and it would seem building sites were either scarce (or expensive) when these churches were built. It was built, mainly through the efforts of Pastor Ramsay, to replace the former meeting place of the Baptist congregation which was a hall in Abbot Street near the Old Cemetery and which is now used by the Roman Catholics as a recreation hall.
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Figure 102 The Baptist Church
1914-18 The First World War was a boon to the shoe trade as large army orders were obtained and full employment again came to the townspeople…but after the war trade again fell away. …trade dwindled, factories closed and finally only Lees & Co. and McCreath & Co., who had started a small factory in Society Street, were left. The Second World War again brought a short term of full employment but as before, after the war ended, shoemaking as the main manufactory in the town fell into the doldrums. Lees & Co. continued to produce boots and shoes and modernised their factory. They started trading in other commodities and were the only large employers of labour up until June, 1962, when unfortunately their factory was completely destroyed by fire and this was really the end of the hundred years of shoemaking… The tanning of leather, which was ancillary to the shoe trade, also flourished during the period from the 1850s to the l960s and originally some of the factories had their own tanneries. These were, however, finally replaced by one large tannery at Ladywell which was owned by the Millar Tanning Co. Ltd. This company took over the buildings (which had been erected by John Gray) when the Ladywell Tannery & Shoe Co. failed in the first decade of this century and started the Ladywell Tannery with 45 employees. The company prospered and continued in business until May 1969 when once again the march of time and the change to the method of making shoes with materials other than leather forced it to close down and the last link with the old leather trade was swept away. (Gray, 1972, 77-79) https://canmore.org.uk/collection/679456 Ladywell Tannery, in common with almost all traditional tanneries in Scotland, had closed by 1966, and had been demolished by 1974.
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Figure 103 Ladywell Tannery
1918- The C20 saw the replacement of much of the older housing in Maybole. More than 100 houses were demolished between 1918 and 1939 and 318 new houses were built, mostly by the council. There was increasing demand for housing on the more fashionable north side of the town and a subsequent decline along the former Weaver Vennel (Ladywell Road/Abbot Street) where extensive demolition and partial redevelopment took place in the late 60s (Dennison, 2005, 44-45) 1920s Electricity introduced to Maybole 1927 Carrick Academy opened in Kirkoswald Road
Figure 104 Carrick Academy
108 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1920s/1930s The Ailsa Cinema was opened in the interwar years on St Cuthbert’s Road (demolished post-1984)
Figure 105 The Ailsa Cinema
1931 Population 4200
1931 Carrick Provident Cooperative Society was opened in 19-25 Whitehall – closed in 1989 and was demolished in 2014 1938 In 1938 it was reported that the population of the town was 4,545 and that the council had built 222 houses since the first housing scheme was commenced in 1919, this being 20% of all houses in the Burgh. (Gray, 1972, 67-68) 1940s New Roman Catholic school at the head of Kirkland Street 1940s Town connected to the Ayr County water main supply 1947 Population 4800 1951 3rd Statistical Account recorded 1,250 houses in Maybole (40 villas, 115 cottages, 32 terraces, the rest being tenements) During the period between the Second Statistical Account and the publication of the Third Statistical Account (a little over one hundred years) Maybole had risen from an impoverished little country town to become a thriving place of industry which produced boots and shoes for all districts in Britain and agricultural implements, from the famous works of Jack & Son, for all countries in the world. The last half of the nineteenth century was the boom period for Maybole and its townsfolk prospered exceedingly well. There was work for all and while wages were small (considered by present day standards) they were sufficient to meet all daily needs and leave a little over for pleasure. This is evident by the great love of sport in the town about the last
109 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century when Maybole had a sports ground which equalled any in Scotland at that time, and many of the local men were famous as runners and cyclists throughout Britain. At that period there was also a very fine silver band, and a choral society, and concerts were given often by Frame, Lauder, Hamilton and other well-known Scottish artistes in Wyllies Hall, Jacks Hall and the Town Hall, when invariably every seat was filled. (Gray, 1972, 35-36)
Figure 106 Football ground, Ballony, 1904
1950s The local council arranged to build council houses up the Culzean Road and at Whitefaulds where the lack of a good water supply had previously prevented the building of too many houses
1952 Weaver Vennel renamed Ladywell Road 1968 The council acquired the lands of Gardenrose Farm and it was planned to erect a large housing scheme with an area laid aside for private development, on the site of the farm. This means that the old town, which nestled for over eight hundred years on the lower slopes of the hillside is now spreading upwards and soon an old townsman who has been away for many years will find it difficult to visualize his old hometown, where new buildings are springing up above the "Shore Road" and old buildings so well-known to him in "Weavers Vennal" and the "Dangartland" have been cleared away and replaced with modern ones. (Gray, 1972, 132-133) The town has since expanded to the north with new housing north of the railway at Gardenrose. (Dennison, 2005, 44-45) 1971 Council built its 1,000th house 1996 Maybole became part of the South Ayrshire council area
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143-144 MY LORD’S WELL My Lord's Well was originally situated within the courtyard of Maybole Castle. An overflow from it ran down the hill (now St. Cuthbert's Road) and the townspeople drew water from the overflow at Market Square before the old buildings at the Castle were removed. When these alterations were made the townspeople had full access to what had formerly been the private well of the Castle and a pump was erected over it, about 1806, to save the labour of hauling up buckets by hand. This old pump was in existence up to 1862 when a new and ornate metal pump, with a gas lamp on top, was fitted and this stood as a local landmark, known to all as "The Pump", until it was removed in the 1930s.
144-145 The Green Well was in the centre of the Ballgreen This Green Well was still in use in the latter part of last century and served many of the old houses in Ladyland Road which did not have piped water near at hand, but in 1881 it was built in, and an ornamental granite fountain raised over it. At Gardenrose House and in "May Youngs" field there were other draw wells but these have been built in for many years and their water diverted into drains. The Parish Church in Cassillis Road was unfortunately built over the site of the springs which supplied the east end of the town at "Townhead" and these caused endless trouble to the Heritors who were constantly called on to repair damage to the church caused by the rotting of floor timbers, etc., through dampness. There were other springs in "McGeachies Field" where the Roman Catholic School now stands, in the playground of Cairn School and behind the old inn now known as the "Grey Man" and also in the grounds of the old manse (now Swan Court) and the east end of Maybole had an over-abundance of springs which, before they were diverted into drains and built up, sometimes proved troublesome, especially after wet weather.
145 The west end of the burgh was also amply supplied with springs and the best known was the Welltrees Spout. This, in the old days, was the source of water for the prebend's house at Welltrees, the "Maison Dieu", and other properties built around it and great importance was placed on it being kept clean. In 1807 the council bought a piece of ground around it from John McClure for £4 is 8d. so that better access could be formed to it. Later in the nineteenth century a public subscription was raised to build an ornamental wall around it with the words "Ye neir ken the worth o' water till the well gangs dry" inscribed on it to remind the townsfolk to take care of their water supply. This well was calculated to give 10,000 gallons of water per hour and was known and affectionately cherished by all the locals. Unfortunately when new houses were built near it in 1968 the local council found it necessary to build up the well and removed the coping with the inscription which had been known to generations of townspeople. The name of the well was derived from a grove of ash trees which stood around it from time immemorial. The last of these trees was cut down in May, 1939
145-146 In Coral Glen there was another spring, much smaller in its volume of water and which at times was really only a trickle, but known to all Minniebolers as the "Wee Spout in the Glen", or "Cockydrighty", and nearly all young lads have slaked their
111 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 thirst at its "stroup" at one time or other. Public subscription in the latter part of last century again met the cost of erecting a wall round it with the inscription "Ye may gang farther and fare waur" and no true Minnieboler ever forgets the advice he was given in his youth when he learned by heart the inscriptions over "The Welltrees" and the "Wee Spout". A famous well in old days was at the foot of "The Bog Brae" and was known as "My Lady's Well" giving the name to the factory which was built beside it and which became locally famed as "The Ladywell' or "The Bog". It was given its name because it was on lands belonging to the "Auld College" and it also gave an ample supply of water in its day. These were the main wells of Maybole in days gone past but there were many others throughout the town. Traces of some are still to be found but most have been filled in and forgotten. There were many in the yards of the houses in High Street, the best known being behind the shop now occupied by McKay, Butchers, and the shop recently used as a showroom by the South of Scotland Electricity Board at the top of High Street. This well served a public house which once stood there and also the shop at the corner of School Vennal occupied by a grocer locally known as "Hungry Archie". These wells although now disused and supposedly filled in, must still gather water from time to time as often the conduits and manholes for telephones, etc., in High Street are flooded and it would seem the flood water must seep in from the old wells.
89-90 Abbot Street . At one time the Abbots of Crossraguel had a town house in this area. Near it stood the Black House which was one of the oldest houses in Maybole before it was demolished in 1967. It belonged to the Dominican Friars who dressed in black robes, and, being itinerant preachers, had resting places throughout the country. At one time the Black House was occupied by a Prebend of the Collegiate Church, which was built just behind the house. Near to it, where the new houses on Crosshill Road are built, was the garden for the Abbots House, and the area is still known to the older folk as "The Garden of Eden".
91 Barns Road and Barns Terrace . The public barns for the town stood on this area and the townspeople had the right to store their grain etc. in these barns. Where Barns House now stands was the town "pound" where stray horses were impounded until their owners could bail them out.
91-92 Cassillis Road and Cassillis Terrace . Formerly called New Yards as the ground was occupied in olden times by the stack yards of the Earl of Cassillis. … The Rev. Roderick Lawson (who was responsible for changing many of the couthy and descriptive street names) persuaded the civic fathers to change the name from "New Yards" to Cassillis Road, thus still connecting the road with the Earl of Cassillis, but to most townspeople it is still the "New Yards". Castle Street . Named because of its proximity to the Castle. It was first known as the "Fore Vennal" but later became the "Foul Vennal" because a drain ran down the centre of the street and in wet weather it was rather unpleasant and the Councillors arranged for it to be causewayed in 1775 to remedy its foul condition. The name was changed for a short time to "Post Vennal" because the Mail or Post vans were stabled there, but about the end of the nineteenth century it was finally changed to Castle Street.
112 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 93-94 Culzean Road . Until the end of the nineteenth century this was known as "The Shore Road" being the way the towns-people flocked on summer days to Croy Shore. … The town gallows, where public hangings used to take place, were sited at the top end of Culzean Road on a spot now occupied by a house known as "The Knowe". Prior to being named "Shore Road" the name given to it was "Gallow Hill" a name still used by many of the older residents.
95-96 Greenside . This roadway circles the open space known as the Town Green and is most suitably named. Formerly, it was here the townspeople practiced archery, played bias bowls, "gowf" and held fairs. High Street . Now the main street of the town although formerly only a roadway between the Tolbooth at the top and the Castle at the bottom of the roadway. These buildings sat across the street at one time and the only approaches to it were up the Kirkwynd and what is now John Knox Street. The street was much broader in former days but the newer buildings on the south side were built in front of the older buildings, many of which still stand behind the present shops and this narrowed the roadway considerably. The Town Cross originally stood halfway up the street but was removed in October, 1773, because it was obstructing traffic and the site is now marked by an iron cross set in the middle of the roadway.
97 John Knox Street . The old name, still in common use, was Red Lion Brae so called from a public house "The Red Lion" which was in the street. It was earlier known as the Back Vennal leading up to High Street. It was in a house in this Street in 1562 that the famous debate between Quintin, Abbot of Crossraguel, and John Knox took place and again the Rev. Roderick Lawson persuaded the civic fathers to change the name to commemorate this event. Fortunately this change was quite logical and not too harmful to the history of the street names, as many others were which were changed for no good reason. The house in which the debate took place became an inn known as the "Red Lion" and after it was closed another inn at the foot of the hill took the same name.
98 Kirkwynd and Kirk port . The road down to the old church of St. Cuthbert. "Wynd" is the old Scots word for road or street and "port" means gate. This was a most important street at one time and many baronial mansions for the surrounding nobility were built here. … In the 19th century the Kirkwynd was renamed "Grey Street" by the Town Council but fortunately it soon reverted to its fine old original name.
99 Ladywell Road . Until the early 1950s this street was known as Weaver Vennal (or simply "The Vennal") and was one of the most suitably named streets in the town. This was the main street of the Burgh for centuries and in it lived most of the weavers who made Maybole famous in the 18th and 19th centuries as one of the best known weaving towns in Scotland. The old descriptive name was changed in 1952 by the Town Council to Ladywell Road, meaning the road to Our Lady's Well, which is at the foot of the Bog Brae at the former Miller Tanning Company's factory.
100 Old College Lane . The lane leading along the side of the old Collegium and is one of the oldest lanes in the town.
113 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 101 St. Cuthberts Road and St. Cuthberts Street . St. Cuthberts Road formed in 1868 was named after the Patron Saint of the town and has been so called since it was formed from a path down the side of a burn which led from My Lord's Well (or the Pump as it is commonly called) to Abbots Place (or Pat's Corner) at the Old Cemetery. The old name of St. Cuthberts Street was Smithy Brae or locally "Smiddy Brae" because a smithy once stood in this street where Gladstone Place now stands. Unfortunately this was another of the old descriptive names wiped away when the mania for renaming streets was so rife at the end of the 19th century. School Vennal . One of the few descriptive names fortunately remaining in the town. This vennal or street led from the top of High Street to the Ballgreen where the school was sited in the 17th and 18th century, and the name is so clear and meaningful it is hoped it will never be altered by well meaning but often so misguided, street name reformers.
103 Whitehall . At one time the Carmelite Friars owned a house sited approximately where the Royal Bank now stands. As the members of this order wore white robes, the house was known as the Hall of the Whitefriars, and when the street was formed the name Whitehall was given to it. After the Carmelite's house was demolished an Inn was built on the site and named the Sun Inn which became a famous coaching inn.
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115 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 1. What does Maybole mean to you? It's a dormitory town, just a place I come back to sleep. 0% I live and work in Maybole. 42.11% I have a lot of friends and family in the area. 26.32% My family have had strong links with the town for generations. 26.32%
Other: My home town, family history and a place I am proud of and want to see thrive. Children at Academy and Gardenrose. I only use coop and garage. I have only been here 12 years but feel Maybole has been and is neglected. It has much to offer historically. We have been living in the town for 3.5 years, but are not working (retired/housewife)
2. Are you aware that Maybole has a Conservation Area? Yes 78.95% No 21.05% 3. In your opinion what are the most important or noteworthy things about Maybole, particularly in its Conservation Area, which is located from the train station in the north to the High Street in the south, Speakers Public House in the west to the now burnt down Parish Church to the east?
Old buildings need to be maintained and kept. Tells the history of a place, gives a place heritage that clearance and new construction generally can't. If existing buildings are no longer required to be used for which they were first constructed, and are worthy of retention, then with clever design/alterations, the history can still be retained while giving a new purposeful usage. This may cost more initially than clearance and new construction, but long term will pay back more to the area. As nice as new construction can be, people will visit a place with heritage, i.e, people flock to York, Glasgow, Edinburgh, places where original buildings and the feel of a place have been retained, you don't see many people raving about the new towns in a passionate way! Lack of parking. Run down public area at the greenside. Empty/derelict buildings Carrick centre I cannot see any conservation all I see is what was a beautiful town is now a run down town It looks like a dump Bringing the delapitated & rundown buildings back to their glory to give the whole area a much nicer feel All The Castle and High Street itself. The buildings are beautiful, but need help. Amazing buildings of all periods, from medieval to Georgian. The Greenside is a great feature. Castle, beauty of the buildings, history. The high street buildings particularly the castle and empty buildings . Public areas for people to enjoy eg the greenside, selection of shops and historic buildings the castle, town hall and burnt down church. It is badly in need of Restoration. The town centre is a disgrace Greenside, Castle, Town Hall The Parish Church. Don't bother with the Speakers, that is just being propped up as the toy project of some people in town. Buildings and historical green space The character of the High Street with it's traditional properties.
116 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 4. Do you use the High Street often? If so, do you experience any difficulties doing so? If not, is there a reason why not?
I do use the High Street as often as I can, unfortunately I work away during the day and in the evening only have the use of a limited number of open shops. Generally I don't have parking problems in the evening. Yes, everyday at least twice. The road is too busy, traffic lights need to be pressed multiple times in the morning to cross the road, lots of dog mess on the pavements. Difficulty in walking past certain shops due to people smoking and standing on the narrow footpath. Lack of outside bins for waste Don't use the high street because of the narrow pavements and going up them with a pram is scary because of the lorrys coming down No there are not enough shops. Always too busy with traffic. Parking is difficult Hardly use high street as parking is so difficult and coop car park full. Daily, and difficult with traffic Yes - pavements too narrow for pushchair access. I use as many shops as possible to keep the money here. I use the High Street 2 / 3 times a week. Pavements are awful for disabled / toddlers etc. Dangerous! Yes - volume of traffic is the main issue. No it’s dangerous , noisy and in appealing. Use it when I have to I use the shops on a weekly basis. However parking is difficult if buying heavy items, otherwise I walk. Parts of the pavement 's I avoid as they are too narrow if large vehicles are passing. crossing the road is a nightmare- and I am reasonably fit. I do not use the high street often. It is always busy with traffic and hard to find parking Narrow pavements and too much traffic Not using often as doing shopping in Ayr. Only going along High Street when picking up litter around town. Yes. Parking, narrow and dangerous pavements. No, nowhere to park
5. Is there anything that you think detracts from, or threatens the fabric of the Conservation Area?
The standard of the maintenance of the buildings on the High Street. Closure of the banks and therefore money to keep the buildings in a reasonable condition. Buildings not in use detracts generally. The state of the buildings/walkways. The lack of well-maintained green spaces. The multiple run down areas i.e. the burnt down west parish church. The mess of the garden area in the health centre. The volume of traffic on the high street. The lorrys and traffic from the ferrys South Ayrshire council do not do anything to uphold conservation. . The buildings look very bad. Yes the ongoing decaying buildings Heavy traffic, derelict buildings. People walking around in large groups. Shabby areas. Nowhere for kids to go. No pride in the town. Modern, unsympathetic development. General state of listed buildings. Vacant property. Traffic and the run down state of many buildings. Lorries and heavy traffic make it impossible to look after. The lack of use and diminishing state of once lovely building's is upsetting. Taking visitors down the highstreet recently was almost embarrassing due to the disrepair and dirty condition of the buildings constant heavy vehicle traffic. The high volume of traffic see 4 no
117 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Traffic, condition of buildings and lack of investment. All of the traffic
6. What improvements could you suggest to make the Town Centre more appealing?
By pass will very much help. Buildings on the High Street will struggle to put a ladder up to wash windows, never mind maintain, paint e.t.c. Costs are high to keep old buildings in ship shape, but add the cost and hassle of Road Occupation, scaffolding, temp pedestrian routes, e.t.c before you spend any money on the property, and that may tip the bill and therefore nothing happens. Less traffic will also make the centre more appealing and coupled with a better visual environment, a better place to be. One way system, to allow wider pavements. Ban smoking in public - no longer allowed to smoke on the high street. Someone to enforce penalties for dog mess. More public bins. Revamps of the tired shop fronts More car parking spaces Build a by pass get all the traffic off the high street get south Ayrshire council to find out who owns vacant flats in high street and vacant shops and do maintenance on them as they are a disgrace Reduced traffic. Better shops/cafes. More plants/flowers like you see in other towns Paint and MAINTAIN the buildings in high street. Hanging baskets, planters etc. Once bypass has happened this will all be more achieveable. By pass. Clean up. Raise community self esteem! Improved signage + access to open spaces + open spaces. Additional parking. Clean up the area. Improve buildings. Create seating areas with covers over. Widening of pavements - seating and a decent signposted CARPARK next to Police Station. One other set free toilets. The by-pass will make a huge difference. Thereafter improvements to the buildings and attempt to bring some vibrancy back to the High St. Wider foot paths and possibly a single shared surface with. Natural barriers to slow and bring traffic to a potential one way in areas by priority flow. Cleaning up the fronts of buildings, encouraging use of empty properties and demolition of buildings already highlighted as unsafe pedestrianise and renovate or demolish most existing buildings. Hire Residential Restoration to rejuvenate the high street A bypass Make High Street mostly pedestrian with vehicle access only for residents and deliveries, and possibly restricting vehicle access hours. Reduce traffic, rearrange to road/pavements. Consider one way system. Refurbish shops to attract businesses. Improve parking. More parking
7. How could the town serve the community better?
Market stalls, more interaction with public on gala day, tie in with more events around Burns. All easy said, and currently hard to do with busy High Street traffic, but something to bring people out and involved. The town would be a much nicer place to live if it didn't feel so neglected & tired. Yes the hanging baskets are pretty on the high street however the buildings around them are crumbling . More entertainment for younger generation as there is nothing for teenagers in town More places to socialise for all ages. Better shops and parking. I think with the carrick center and the speakers they are covering all bases from very young to old. Better facilities / self guided walk leaflet (business sponsored?) Already seems to be good facilities available. Carrick Centre etc.
118 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Instill pride (don't know how). Signposting – Carrick Centre, toilets, station, carpark etc More amenities e.g. banks. Nicer shop fronts and better landscaping will hopefully attract new businesses like fish monger, arts and crafts shops. Possibly existing businesses could set up a home delivery There are a lot of activities and clubs on offer for all ages already but maybe a consultation to establish exactly what the local people would benefit from, using or incorporating existing establishments or services see above Be more appealing and offer more incentives to open shops I don't think a survey is what the town needs - it must be surveyed to death. A town action plan is being developed and maybe attention paid to it? Get over past divisions that nobody will openly talk about - Carrick Centre versus Speakers appears to be one of the worst smoldering conflicts. Get together and keep the town tidy instead of the mentality of "someone needs to do something". Galloping apathy! Need to build a sustainable body of community volunteers, which has reduced in recent years. Resulted in a reduction of events within the town. More choice of shops
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124 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 23 rd July 2018 E Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP)
1. Annual Review Agenda 2. Conservation Area Gazetteer 3. 10 year Maintenance Plan Template 4. Maintenance Plan Register
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Appendix E Annual Review Agenda
Maybole Conservation Area - Annual Review Agenda and Outcomes
Date: Date of Next Meeting:
Maybole Regeneration Project South Ayrshire Council Maybole Community Council
Manageme nt Guidelines (refer to Conservation Area Management Plan for further details)
Organisational Guidelines Outcomes
OG 01 Liaison / management group.
OG 02 Expertise / training within SAC
OG 03 Repair notices / Urgent Works notices / Compulsory Purchases.
OG 05 Promotion of mixed use within the Conservation Area.
OG 06 Presumption against demolition within the Conservation Area.
OG 07 Requirement for Design Statements / preparation of model document.
OG 08 Discourage the erosion of traditional boundaries, feus, building lines and street patterns.
OG 09 Discourage the loss of traditional features.
OG 10 Protection of roofscape.
OG 12 Discouraging satellite dishes on front elevations and above ridge lines.
2 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E – Review Agenda OG 13 Supplementary guidance for signage within the Conservation Area.
OG 14 Archaeological watching briefs along High Street and to the south.
OG 15 Public realm improvements between train station and Town Hall.
OG 16 Utilise Maintenance Plan for SAC owned properties.
OG 17 Additional wayfinding signage.
OG 18 New signage promoting the Conservation Area.
Regeneration Project Guidelines Out comes
RPG 01 Improvement works to priority projects / buildings ‘At Risk’.
RPG 02 Improvement works carried out by MRP.
RPG 03 Bringing vacant properties back into use.
RPG 04 Building repair workshops.
RPG 05 Reinstatement of lost features (may cross refer to gazetteer)
RPG 06 Use of volunteer network
RPG 07 Information and skills database and publically accessible information point.
RPG 08 Monitoring of works in the Conservation Area / update Gazetteer.
Community Council Guidelines Outcomes
CCG 01 Development of a Maybole ‘brand’.
CCG 02 Links with community groups / further historical research
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CCG 03 Creation of Business Support Network.
CCG 04 Improved tourist facilities.
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Appendix E Gazetteer
16 Barns Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
17 B arns Road - Robertson and Orr Vet Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Blonde Sand stone Windows Timber / uPVC Doors Timber (modern ) External Pipework Cast Iron
Barns Road Garage Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Flat Chimneys No Walls Render Windows None Doors Sliding Timber External Pipework uPVC
21 Barns Road - Carlton Cottage Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red Sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (Modern) External Pipework Cast Iron / uPVC
2 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 22 Barns Road Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Sla te Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
23 Barns Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red Sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
1 Barn s Terrace Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
2 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast Iron
3 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 3 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
4 Barns Terrace Vacan t (F or Sale ) Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
5 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windo ws uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
6 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red Sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
4 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 7 Barns Terrace Occupied Sto rey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
8 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber Ext ernal Pipework Cast iron
9 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron /uPVC
9A Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate (m odern) Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
5 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 10 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber / uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
11 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron/uPVC
12 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
14 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
6 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 16 Barns Terrace – Barns House Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
18 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
20 Barns Terrace Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors n/a External Pipework Cast iron
Barns Terrace Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red b rick Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
7 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 1 – 4 Bryants Close Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete Pantiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework uPVC
1-6 Cargill Court Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors ? External Pipework uPVC
6 Carrick Street Occupied Stor ey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
8 Carrick Street Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast Iron
8 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 10 Carrick Street Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted render Windows uPVC Doors n/a External Pipework Cast iron
16 Carrick Street Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
18 Carrick Street Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber/uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipewor k Cast iron
24 Carrick Street - Carrick House Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC ?
9 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer Maybole Baptist Church Carrick Street Occupied Storey He ight 1 Roof Slate / Red clay ridge tiles Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone / render Windows Leaded Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
8 Cassillis Road - Old Parish Church Category B Listed Vacant – Fire Damaged Storey Height Var ies Roof No Chimneys No Walls Blonde sandstone Windows No Doors No External Pipework Cast iron
Church Halls Cassillis Road Vacant – Fire Damage Storey Height 1 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows Boarded up Doo rs Boarded up External Pipework Cast iron
10 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
10 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 12 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey H eight 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
14 Cassillis Road Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Stone Windows uPV C Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
16 Cassillis Road Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
18 Cassillis Road Categ ory B Listed Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
11 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 20 Cassillis Road Former GP Surgery Vacant? Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimney s Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber / uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
21 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework n/a
22 Cassillis Road Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
23 Cassillis Road Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
12 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 24 Cassillis Road Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (m odern) External Pipework uPVC
25 Cassillis Road Sharon’s Barbers Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
27 Cassillis Road Cat egory B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
28 Cassillis Road Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
13 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 29 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
30 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Roughcast Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
31 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandsto ne Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
32 Cassillis Road Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render / red sandstone Windows Aluminium Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
14 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 33 -39 C assillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete pantiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
34 Cassillis Road Former Hot Food Takeaway Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chim neys Yes Walls Red sandstone / render Windows Timber / uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
36 Cassillis Road Occupied/vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC / timber Do ors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
38 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast Iron
15 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 41 Cassillis Road Co -op Funeral Care Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Stone cladding / render Windows uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework uPVC
42 Cassillis Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde s andstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
43 Cassillis Road Carrick General Stores Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Stone cladding / render Windows uPVC Doors Shutters External Pipework uPV C
44 Cassillis Road Vacant ? / Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
16 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 45 Cassillis Road Vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
46 Cassillis Road Vacant? Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
47 Ca ssillis Road Vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Stone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
48 Cassillis Road Vacant? Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sa ndstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
17 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 49 & 51 Cassillis Road - Cassillis Hotel Uno ccupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
50 Cassillis Road Former Architect’s Practice Vacant / occupied? Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render / red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (Modern) External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
Maybole Bowling Club Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Rosemary tiles / concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render / facing brick Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
5 Castle Street - James Harper Electrical Contractor Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof ? Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC / timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
18 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 6 Castle Street – Po King Restaurant Occupied Storey Height 3/2/1 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Stone/Render Windows Timber/uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron/ uPVC
9 & 11 Castle Street Vacant / occupied Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sands tone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
13 Castle Street Occupied Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
15 Castle Street Vacant? Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Stone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
19 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 17 Castle Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Stone Windows Timber / uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
23 & 25 Castle Stre et Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
25 Castle Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Wi ndows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
26 Castle Street Vacant Storey Height 1 Roof Flat Chimneys No Walls Render Windows None Doors None External Pipework uPVC
20 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 28 Castle Street - Former Exchange Vacant Storey Height 1 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Metal Doors Grille External Pipework Cast iron Notes: dated 1937.
29 Castle Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
33 Castle Street Category C Listed Vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Diamond pattern tiles Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
1-7 Crosney S treet Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
21 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 2 Crosney Street Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Rende r Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
4 Crosney Street Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVc External Pipework uPVC
6-12 Crosney Street Occupied Storey Hei ght 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
9-15 Crosney Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
22 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 14 Crosney Street – Sheltered Accommodation Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render/brick Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
17 -19 Crosney Street Occup ied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
2 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Concrete tiles Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPV C External Pipework uPVC
4 Culzean Road - Brae House Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys Yes Walls Render / stone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
23 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 7 Culzean Road Vacant Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows None Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
9 Culzean Road Vacant Storey Height 1 Roof Uncovered Chimneys No Walls Brick / render Windows None Doors Timber External P ipework Cast iron / uPVC
Culzean Road Railway Station Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate / red clay ridge tiles Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
18 -20 Culzean Roa d - Keystone Store Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate / r ed clay ridge tiles Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
24 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 19 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows ? Doors ? External Pipework ?
22 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
24 Culzean Ro ad Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
26 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
25 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 28 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
30 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
32 Culzean Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
1 Greenside Occupied Storey H eight 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Roughcast Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
26 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 2 Greenside Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys Yes Walls Roughcast Windows uPVC Doo rs Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
5 Greenside -The Greenside Public House Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
7 Greenside Occu pied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
9 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipe work uPVC
27 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 10 Greenside Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
11 Greenside Vacant? Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
13 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Upvc / timber External Pipework Cast ir on / uPVC
14 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
28 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 15 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC/timber Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
16 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipewor k Cast iron
18 Greenside Category B Listed Multi -occupancy. Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber/uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
19 Greenside Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
29 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 24 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
25 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
26 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
27 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doo rs Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
30 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 28 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
29 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Ro of Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC / Cast iron
30 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipew ork uPVC
31 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
31 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 32 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
33 & 34 Greenside Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate / flat Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework n/a
1 High Street Library Category C Listed Occupied Sto rey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber / glass External Pipework Cast iron
2 & 4 High Street - Castle Category A Listed Occupied Storey Height 3 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render / stone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
32 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 3 High Street - Post Office Category C Listed Vacant Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipewor k Cast iron
5 High Street - Sab’s Barbers Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
6 High Street - Maybole Health Centre Occupied Storey Height 2/3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Block / render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
7 - 9 High Street - Lloyds Pharmacy /Flat above Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Window s uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
33 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 11 High Street – Simpson’s Bakery Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone / render Windows uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework Cast iro n
15 High Street – David W McKay Butchers Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
17 High Street – The Cutting Room Occupied Storey H eight 1 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Painted render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
19 High Street – Co -op Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Flat? Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Aluminium Exter nal Pipework Cast iron
34 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 20 High Street – Po King Restaurant Occupied Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
25 High Street – Jane’s Delica tessen Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone / render Windows uPVC / timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC Notes: dated 1816.
27 -31 High Street – The Pet Food Company / Fla ts/ Category B Listed Occupied Scruples Beauty Salon Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone / render Windows uPVC / wood Doors Aluminium External Pipework Cast iron
32 High Street – Si zzlers /Fish & Chicken B ar Category C Listed Occupied? Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Rendered Windows uPVC Doors Shuttered External Pipework Cast iron
35 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 33 High Street – Stobbs The Baker Category C Listed Vacant Storey Height 3 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
34 High Street – Commercial Category C Listed Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Painted st one / render Windows Timber Doors Timber / timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
35 High Street – Fresh fruit & Vegetables Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 3 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
36 High Street – Simon’s Chinese Takeaway Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone / render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
36 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 37, 39 & 41 High Street - J.Dunlop Florist, Cockburn Category C Listed Occupied / Vacant Gallery and flat above Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
38 High Street – Semichem Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC / aluminium Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
40 -42 High Street – Fillys / Dental Practice Vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
43 , 45 & 47 High Street – Barber Shop , Convenience Category C Listed Occupied /Vacant Shop and flat above Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows Timber Doors Timber / uPVC External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
37 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 44 -46 High Street – Maybole Charity Shop Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Wi ndows uPVC / timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
48 -50 High Street Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework uPVC
52 -54 High Street Vacant Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Shuttered External Pipework uPVC
55 -57 High Street – Commercial Category C Listed Vacant / Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Shuttered/ uPVC Doors Shuttered /Timber External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
38 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 56 - 58 High Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Brick / render Windows uPVC Doors n/a External Pipework uPVC
59 -65 High Street – Premier No. 59 – Category Occupied C Listed St orey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Cladding / painted stone Windows uPVC Doors Aluminium External Pipework n/a
60 -64 High Street - South Ayrshire Council Occupied Storey Height 2 / 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Facin g brick Windows uPVc / timber / aluminium Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC / Cast Iron
67 High Street – Former Bank / Flats Category B Listed Vacant / occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone / render Windows uPVc / timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
39 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 70 High Street – South Ayrshire Council Occupied ? Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC / timber Doors Timber (modern) Exter nal Pipework uPVC
71 High Street – Lloyds Pharmacy Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC / timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
72 -74 High Street – Ladbrokes Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Masonry / granite Windows uPVC / timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
73 High Street - Optome trist Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework n/a
40 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 76/78/80 High Street – Salon 76 Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render / tiles Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
81 High Street – Town Hall Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys ? Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron Notes: date stone 1887
82 High Street – Dairy Corner Tea Room Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
84 High Street – John D Cameron Hardware Occupied / vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone / render Windows Timber Doors Timber / timber (modern) External Pipework n/a
41 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 88 - 90 High Street - Day Today Express Category C Listed Occupied / vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted ston e Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
92 -94 High Street Vacant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast Iron
94 High Street Va cant Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
42 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 96 High Street – Jet Petrol Filling Station Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate / corrugated iron Chimney s No Walls Render Windows Aluminium Doors Aluminium External Pipework Cast iron
7 Inches Close Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Blonde sandstone Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron / uPVC
30 John Knox Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
6 Kirk Wynd Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
43 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 2 Ladyland Road Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
3 Ladyland Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
4 Ladyland Road Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors n/a External Pipework uPVC
5 Ladyland Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Red sandstone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC / cast iron
44 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 7 Ladyland Road Occupied Storey Height 1 ½ Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sands tone Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC / Cast iron
Ladyland Road Vacant plot
2A School Vennel Category C Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Rend er Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
6 School Vennel - Libby’s Discount Store Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
45 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 8 School Vennel Libby’s Handbags and Gifts Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
10 & 12 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pa ntile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
13 School Vennel – Spar, Post Office Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows n/a Doors Roller shutters External Pipewo rk uPVC
14 School Vennel Funeral Director Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
46 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 16 School Vennel - Commercial Premises Vacant Storey Hei ght 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Shuttered Doors Shuttered External Pipework uPVC
18 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
20 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
22 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
47 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 24 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
26 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Panti le Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
28 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
30 School Vennel Oc cupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
48 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 32 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC Exte rnal Pipework uPVC
34 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
36 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Ren der Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
38 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
49 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 40 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
42 School Vennel Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
44 Sc hool Vennel Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Pantile Chimneys no Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
School Vennel Garage Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Crinkle fibre cement Chimneys No Walls Render Windo ws None Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework N/A
50 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 1-3 St Cuthbert’s Road Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows Modern Doors Modern External Pipework uPVC
1-7 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
2 & 4 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
6 & 8 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
51 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 9 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
10 & 12 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
11 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
13 St Cuthbert Street Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPVC Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework uPVC
52 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 1 & 3 Welltrees Street Occupied Storey Height 1 Roof Slate (modern) Chimneys No Walls Render Windows uPV C Doors uPVC External Pipework uPVC
1A & 3 Whitehall Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone Windows Timber Doors Timber / t imber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
2 Whitehall – Former Bank Category B Listed Vacant Storey Height 3 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted stone/ blonde sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework n/a
4 Whitehall Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 ½ Roof Slat e Chimneys Yes Walls Blonde sandstone Windows Timber Doors Timber External Pipework Cast iron
53 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E - Gazetteer 5 & 7 Whitehall Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Painted Stone Windows Timber Doors Timber / uPVC External Pipework Cast iron
6-10 Whitehall – The Speakers Public Bar 6-8 Category C Occupied Listed Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys No Walls Painted stone / uPVC cladding Windows uPVC Doors uPVC External Pipework Cast ir on
9 Whitehall Category B Listed Occupied Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Render Windows Timber Doors Timber / uPVC External Pipework N/A
12 Whitehall For sale Storey Height 2 Roof Slate Chimneys Yes Walls Red sands tone / render Windows Timber Doors Timber (modern) External Pipework Cast iron
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Appendix E 10 Year Maintenance Plan
MAYBOLE - HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE PLAN - EXTERNAL WORKS
Regular maintenance of your property is important. When regularly and appropriately maintained to ensure that water is kept out and key components such as roof coverings, rainwater goods and masonry are protected, a building can survive almost indefinitely. Conversely the use of inappropriate repair materials and techniques can actually make defects worse. It is recommended that you read the following publication by Historic Environment Scotland.
Short Guide: Maintaining Your Home [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives- and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=9b3ca2e8-afcc-42ba-92c3-a59100fde12b
The following document is a framework for regular maintenance inspections, setting out the tasks to be undertaken and their frequency. Where appropriate, links to relevant Historic Environment Scotland publications have been included.
Equipment you may require:
• Maintenance Checklist • Notebook/ Pencil • Camera • Binoculars • Ladder • Inspection Mirror/ Pocket Mirror • Trowel and Gloves for removing any vegetation • Face mask and gloves for cleaning up bird droppings • Safety Glasses • Screwdriver for checking timber decay
When undertaking a maintenance inspection the safety of you and those around you are of paramount importance. It is critical that this is thoroughly considered before any work is undertaken.
REF. ELEMENT TASK FREQUENCY CARRIED OBSERVATIONS / OUT ACTIONS
A ROOF AND Inspect slaterwork Annually and DORMERS for slipped or after storms missing slates Inspect leadwork Annually and for tears and uplifts after storms Check in roof Annually and space for damp after storms patches Check for areas of Annually soft timber Repaint timbers. Check flat roofs for Annually blistering and / or cracking
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Repairing Scottish Slate Roofs [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=8c5a81d3-2ff4-4ba8-ac0e-a598009ace1c
2 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E – Maint. Plan Inform Guide: Roofing Leadwork [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=fe8048fb-8afb-43de-9496-a5980097fd6b
B CHIMNEY Check pointing / Annually and render for cracks after storms or gaps Inspect leadwork Annually and for tears and uplifts after storms Check for damage Annually / flaking of stonework to coping and pots Check chimney Annually and pots are sitting after storms straight Check for plant Annually in growth spring / summer
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Domestic Chimneys and Flues [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=f7aeea6b-92b9-4220-bb92-a59500b69222
Inform Guide: Roofing Leadwork [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=fe8048fb-8afb-43de-9496-a5980097fd6b
C RAINWATER Clean out and Annually - GOODS ensure free after autumn running leaf fall Check for staining Twice yearly below gutters and when raining length of downpipes Check for signs of Twice yearly corrosion when raining Inspect for cracks Twice yearly and leaks Repaint cast iron Every 7 years goods (or sooner if necessary)
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Maintenance of Cast Iron Rainwater Goods [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=ba4910f7-db4d-4eec-9d16-a59500ae6974
D FASCIA & Inspect for any Annually SOFFITS damage, rot or loose fittings Repaint Every 7 years (or sooner if necessary)
E STONEWORK Check for Every 2 years defective pointing, loose mortar or gaps
3 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E – Maint. Plan Check for Every 2 years damaged stones Check for cracks Every 2 years or bulges Remove any Annually vegetation Check air vents Twice yearly are not blocked
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Lime and Cement Mortars [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=9410b4db-0fbb-41e4-ba8d-a59500f5618d
Inform Guide: Masonry Decay [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=da5ec811-947d-47a3-a009-a59500fca723
Inform Guide: Repointing Ashlar Masonry [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=5073eef0-ee70-4398-8f86-a5950102f1b2
Inform Guide: Repointing Rubble Stonework [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=b6cb68de-3207-4786-a0d8-a595010402fa
F WINDOWS Check windows Every 2 years open and close Check for areas of Every 2 years soft timber, cracks in glazing putty, gaps in mastic joints Check for flaking Annually paint Repaint Every 7 years (or sooner if necessary)
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Maintaining Sash and Case Windows [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=de744d4d-0610-48f4-af5e-a59500f93be8
G DOORS Check for areas of Annually soft timber, distortion and draughts Repaint Every 7 years (or sooner if necessary)
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: External Timber Doors [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives- and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=868ab7cf-176f-4f85-b925-a59500e4b21b
H DRAINAGE Carry out visual Twice yearly BELOW inspection to when raining GROUND ensure no leakage
4 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E – Maint. Plan from drains; open up any inspection chambers to ensure free flowing
I BOUNDARY Check for bulging Every 2 years WALLS or leaning walls Check for loose Every 2 years cope stones Remove plant Every 2 years growth Check condition of Every 2 years stonework and pointing Check for signs of Annually corrosion to ironwork Repaint ironwork Every 7 years (or sooner if necessary)
Historic Environment Scotland Guidance:
Inform Guide: Domestic Boundary Walls [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=c28d6be5-ca16-43ed-92e9-a59500b5b10e
Inform Guide: Maintenance of Iron Gates and Railings [online] Available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and- research/publications/publication/?publicationId=54e2fca1-8e4d-4b38-b47d-a59500f43f2b
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Appendix E Maintenance Plan Register
Property Address Maintenance Plan Review / Return Date Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10
2 Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan Appendix E – MP Register