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Latitude: 55.6333 / 55°37'59"N
Longitude: -4.7855 / 4°47'7"W
OS Eastings: 224748
OS Northings: 641263
OS Grid: NS247412
Mapcode National: GBR 33.L555
Mapcode Global: WH2NV.GNDV
Plus Code: 9C7QJ6M7+8Q
Entry Name: Town House, Countess Street, Saltcoats
Listing Name: Town Hall Countess Street
Listing Date: 26 February 1980
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 386426
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40489
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Saltcoats Town Hall
Town Hall, Countess Street
ID on this website: 200386426
Built at two periods. Town House: Peter King (architect) 1825-6.
5 stage tower with low flanking recessed wing. Painted droved
ashlar. Wings 2 storeys with attics, modern shop at ground;
band course; 1 window to 1st floor, eaves course, cornice and
blocking course; 1 piended canted dormer. Cornice continues
across tower to form base of pediment. Tower; central
pilastered doorpiece with 4-centered arch to entrance and
raised cornice above with acroteria. Swag over small
oculus below pediment. Upper stages marked by set-offs, 2nd
and 3rd with blind round-arched panels, 4th with clock in
moulded frame on each face, angle ionic pilasters, cornice and
urn finials. Octagonal lantern capped with facetted spire
(recently reduced in height).
Town Hall: Howie and Walton 1892 Renaissance. Painted ashlar. 2
storeys, 3 symmetrical bays with 1 additional bay to left.
3 right bays under open pediment supported on pilasters. Entrance
in central shallow projecting bay, round-headed door with
fluted pilasters and bracketted hood. Modern shop at left
continues in outer left bay. Original shop on right; fascia
and cornice. Band course below and at springing of semi-circular
headed 1st floor windows. Swags above central window with
legend "Town Hall" in panel above, small sculptured pediment
to central bay coincides with head of main pediment. Scrolled
acroteria at apex. Outer bay with wide panelled outer
pilaster. Similar 1st floor window set in square panel. Cornice
and balustrade. Slated roof, partly piended with lead finials.
Saltcoats Town Hall and Town House are significant buildings in the streetscape and history of the town. The Town Hall served as a cinema for some years.
Notes and References updated as part of Cinemas Thematic Study, 2007-08.
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