Ayr, 50 High Street
Tenement (19th Century)
Site Name Ayr, 50 High Street
Classification Tenement (19th Century)
Canmore ID 201677
Site Number NS32SW 312
NGR NS 33795 22071
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201677
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
3-storey, 3-bay Renaissance detailed tenement with ground floor shop. Polished red ashlar. Cill courses; triglyph frieze to cornice; panelled parapet with shield crest. Architraved windows to upper floors. Bracketed cill; panelled apron to central 1st floor window; patera frieze and cornice. Scrolls and paterae to panelled aprons of flanking windows; scrolled pediments. Bracketed cills to 2nd floor windows; scrolled and swagged window heads. (Historic Scotland)
Archaeological Evaluation (3 May 2017 - 8 December 2017)
A programme of archaeological investigative works was required by Ayr Renaissance LLP in respect of the development of the Riverside Block, Ayr. The archaeological works were designed to determine the archaeological potential of the development area and hence inform the specification for mitigation of the impact on the archaeological remains. The archaeological investigative works consisted of an intrusive evaluation which was designed to assess a sample of the proposed development area, undertaken after the demolition of the upstanding buildings on site (see NS32SW 136, 312, 379, 1025, 1029, 1036, 1037). The works were carried out between 31st July and 12th September 2017 with 25 trenches excavated in total. 13 test pits were also excavated to investigate the deposits present at greater depths. While the features and artefacts revealed by the evaluation were dominated by 18th to 20th century material, modest quantities of artefacts from the 13th century onwards were recovered showing surviving strata including medieval and post-medieval layers.
