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Girvan, The Avenue, The Davidson Hospital
Hospital (20th Century)
Site Name Girvan, The Avenue, The Davidson Hospital
Classification Hospital (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Davidson Cottage Hospital; Davidson Memorial Hospital
Canmore ID 203354
Site Number NX19NE 96
NGR NX 18918 97965
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/203354
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Girvan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
Symmetrically planned, single storey hospital, with attic to central 3-bay block. Neo-Georgian detail. Snecked and squared rubble with ashlar dressings. Central door with simply moulded architraves, and scrolled and broken segmental pediment enclosing name panel, supported on brackets. 3 windows in attic with alternating shaped gable heads. Piended slate roof. Single bays link central block to drum-fronted wings, which have 3 windows and piended roofs. Tall symmetrically placed stacks. Sympathetic modern addition to right. (Historic Scotland)
