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Ayr, 230 High Street, Tam O'shanter Inn

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Inn (19th Century)

Site Name Ayr, 230 High Street, Tam O'shanter Inn

Classification Inn (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Tam O'shanter Museum

Canmore ID 201664

Site Number NS32SW 306

NGR NS 33897 21702

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201664

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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General view. Titled: 'Tam O'Shanter Inn - Ayr'.
General view. Titled: 'Tam O'Shanter Inn - Ayr'. View from W.Interior. View of first floor main room.Interior. View of staircase.Detail of thatch showing mossy growth; Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr.Interior. View of attic space.View from WSW.View of reed thatched roof and chimney stack ; Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr.View of rear from E.Interior. Detail of first floor fireplace.General view of rear from W.Interior. View of ground floor N room.Interior. View of ground floor S room.Interior. Detail of roof structure.Interior. Detail of plaque.General view of thatched 19th century Inn building; Ayr.Detail of thatch and scobed ridge; Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr.General view from NW.Four views showing 'The Twa Brigs-o-Ayr looking up'; 'Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr', 'Burns Birth Place - Alloway' and a portrait of Robert Burns.Side view showing thatched roof; Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr.

Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Ayr
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Architecture Notes

NS32SW 306

The Tam O'Shanter Museum was formerly the Tam o'Shanter Inn

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Field Visit (21 May 2014)

Scottish Thatched Building Survey

NS 33894 21699 Two-storey inn rebuilt in 1808. Decorative, sculpted scobed ridge with hazel spars and horizontal metal wires/rods held in place by metal pegs. Listed as having a ‘reed roof’ and ‘turf ridge’, however, both the roof and ridge are now thatched in reed. Only the ridge is netted, the rest of the thatch is uncovered. There is a fair amount of mossy vegetation growth throughout the thatch and some compaction/decay in places, most evident at the abutment to the later adjacent buildings.

Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 21 May 2014, survey no.205

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