Cumnock, 54 Glaisnock Street, Dumfries Arms Hotel
Hotel (18th Century)
Site Name Cumnock, 54 Glaisnock Street, Dumfries Arms Hotel
Classification Hotel (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dumfries Arms Inn
Canmore ID 204183
Site Number NS51NE 23
NGR NS 56921 19982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204183
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Old Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51NE 23 56930 19978
NMRS REFERENCE
Dumfries Arm Inn. Account and receipt for joiner, plaster work of the
new addition. Executed by William Black. Approved by Robert Smith.
#584.
1848
MAson work as above William Gibson, mason.
#239.3.4 Approved by Robert Smith.
1848
Painting and Papering. John Reid, Kilmarnock. As above.
Bute Papers (Dumfries House) A1561
Publication Account (1995)
The original inn on this site was called the New Inn, and is clearly visible on, for example, Thomson's map of Ayrshire. In spite of many later alterations and additions, a remnant of the Dumfries Arms, once a renowned hotel, is still visible. Along with those at the Square, it afforded a resting-place for travellers by coach and, later, by train. It was here that Walter Scott stayed while passing through Cumnock (see p 18).
Information from ‘Historic Cumnock: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1995).
