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Michael Hitchon
Kyle & Carrick Civic Society
1 Barns Terrace
Ayr
KA7 2DB
Tel: 01292 619800

Area Programmes

Ayrshire: 04 September 2010 – 05 September 2010

Doors Open Days in Ayrshire are organised by volunteers from the Kyle & Carrick Civic Society, with help from other voluntary groups. Established in 1967, the Society campaigns to protect and improve the environment. It has a particular interest in the conservation of historic buildings, protection of open space, the improvement of public transport and the encouragement of continued residential use of town centres. Membership is open to all who support these aims.

In 2010 there will be 76 buildings taking part in Ayrshire's Doors Open Day - watch this space as details are added...

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Old High Kirk (HLF)

05.09.10 (13.00-16.00)

Church Street, At Soulis Cross, Kilmarnock, KA1

Kilmarnock's oldest church building, built 1732 of local stone by the Hunter Brothers to a design adapted from St Martin in the Fields, London.

Austere exterior contrasts with pleasing interior enhanced by unique set of 23 stained glass windows by W & J J Kier., 1860s. Kirkyard with tombs including John Wilson, publisher of Robert Burns' first book of poems and Thomas Morton, telescope maker and inventor.

Architect: Hunter Brothers
Building Date: 1732

Exhibition, musical entertainment; guided tour; audio-visual display.

Service 11.00.

Portland Parish Church

05.09.10 (14.00-16.00)

St Meddans Street, Troon, KA10 6__

Opened as United Free Church. Perpendicular Gothic in white sandstone with fine tracery in the great north and nave windows. Interior has blonde Austrian oak pews and fittings. Stained glass chancel window donated in 1920 as a war memorial by Mr A F Steven. Two-manual organ by Harrison & Harrison.
Architect: H E Clifford & Lunan
Building Date: 1914

Service 10.30. Exhibition, guided tour.

Private Telephone Museum

04.09.10 - 05.09.10 (09.00-17.00)

1 Burn Road, Near the Turf Hotel, Darvel, KA17 0AJ

Private museum containing unique display of telephone memorabilia dating from early 1900s to the present. Housed within old bakehouse dating from 1767, adjacent to the Matthew Burn Green, only remaining public green in Darvel.
Building Date: 1767

Exhibition. Tour.

Riccarton Parish Church and graveyard

05.09.10 (14.00-17.00)

Old Street, Riccarton, Kilmarnock, KA1 4DX

Landmark building standing on former Moot Hill. Category B listened, opened 1825, chancel added 1910, and beautiful War Memorial window 1919.

Former minister Rev Alexander Moodie mentioned by Burns in 'The Twa Herds' and 'The Holy Fair', is buried in the kirkyard.

Building Date: 1825, 1910

Service 11.00.

Guided Tours.

Rowallan Old Castle

04.09.10 - 05.09.10 (Pre-booked tours only)

Kilmaurs, KA3 2LP

Magnificent Renaissance mansion house c. 1560 on a site with origins dating back to the Bronze Age. A castle of the Mure family 13th to 17th centuries, charting changing styles of architecture from mediaeval castle to country house.
Building Date: c.1560

Pre-booking essential. Phone 0131 550 7603.

Guided tours Saturday and Sunday. Exhibition of archaeological discoveries.

Image (c) www.scran.ac.uk

Castles

Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post Museum

04.09.10 (Pre-booked tours only)

Skelmorlie

Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post Museum - Image 1

Built in 1965 as part of an extensive chain designed to confirm and report effects of nuclear attack on military and civilian targets in the west of Scotland. Complete with original equipment and instrumentation installed for Doors Open Day, experience what life was like underground.

Building Date: 1965

Pre-booking essential - telephone 01475 672 134 before 31 August. Guided tour.

Access by climbing down a 15 ft vertical steel ladder and viewing restricted to 5 people at one time. Warm clothing and sensible shoes required.

Image (c) www.nuclearburst.co.uk

Sheriff Court House

05.09.10 (11.30-16.00)

St Marnock Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1DZ

Modern red sandstone court complex completed 1987. Two large jury courts, three small non-jury courts, sheriffs' chambers, witness and jury rooms, staff offices and solicitors’ facilities. Lower ground floor area for custody section.
Architect: David M Gregory
Building Date: 1987

Guided tours; audio visual display

Skelmorlie Aisle

04.09.10 (14.00-17.00) - 05.09.10 (12.00-17.00)

Off Main Street, Near Museum, Largs, KA30 8AW

1636 Renaissance-style canopied tomb within mausoleum to Montgomerie Family. Splendid painted barrel-vaulted timber ceiling.
Building Date: 1636

Owned by Historic Scotland. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Mausoleum in Kirkyard.

Guided tour.

Image (c) www.scran.ac.uk

Souter Johnnie's Cottage

05.09.10 (11.30-17.00)

Main Street, (On A77 in centre of village), Kirkoswald, KA19 8HY

The cottage and shoemaker's workshop of John Davidson, the real life prototype of Tam's 'ancient trusty, drouthy crony' in Burns' Tam o' Shanter. The cottage contains many relics, including the family bible and the tools of a village shoemaker (souter).
Building Date: 1786

Exhibition

Owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Image (c) www.scran.ac.uk

St Andrew's Parish Church

05.09.10 (13.00-16.00)

Park Circus, Ayr, KA7 2D_

Perpendicular Gothic in red sandstone, 1893 with landmark 146 ft spire. Hall built in 1897 by William McClelland, extended in 1963 and 1983.
Architect: John B Wilson
Building Date: 1893

Fine stained glass by John Blyth, CWS Design of Lisburn, Marcus Lundie and G Maile Studios of Canterbury and Roland Mittland. Tours

Service 11.00.

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