Ayr, 21-31 Alloway, Post Office
Post Office (20th Century)
Site Name Ayr, 21-31 Alloway, Post Office
Classification Post Office (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 29 Alloway; Bellisle
Canmore ID 240369
Site Number NS31NW 132
NGR NS 33502 18596
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/240369
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31NW 132 33502 '8596
The terraced cottage of 'Bellisle' is situated on the E side of Alloway (Monument Road) opposite the Burns Museum (NS31NW 83). Now the Post Office it was built in 1903 by the architect James K Hunter as a two storey terrace of gabled cottages with red tiles and porches. The walls are of white painted harl.
The building is first depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Ayrshire, 1896) and annotated 'PO' on the later Provisional edition of the 1930's.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2008
