Ayr, Main Street, [ Former] Darlington Place Church
Church (19th Century), Hall (Period Unassigned), Theatre (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ayr, Main Street, [ Former] Darlington Place Church
Classification Church (19th Century), Hall (Period Unassigned), Theatre (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Borderline Theatre; North Harbour Street; Newton Cross; Formerly Darlington Place, Darlington Parish Church; War Memorial
Canmore ID 172675
Site Number NS32SW 163
NGR NS 33760 22256
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172675
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
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Architect: 1890
Plans: at Darley Hay Partnership, Ayr.
3-bay, gabled, rectangular-plan church with turreted SE angle tower and hall to rear. Coursed, squared sandstone. Lancet windows. Leaded windows. Grey slate roof (banded fish-scale work to tower); stone skews.
Converted from a church to a theatre. Occupies a prominent siting at the N section of the New Bridge. Architects also designed Ayr Academy in Fort Street (Historic Scotland).
