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LARGS BARRMILL Barr Castle R E GT In town centre Largs M useum W E G A Barrmill Park and Gardens W R E G A T An old Norman keep built by the Lockhart family after an invasion of Kirkgate House, Manse Court, off Main Street Vale Grove and Vale View (Beechgrove) Gardens Anglo-Norman people in the 12th and 13th centuries. George Wishart 1545 and Largs Museum presents a fine collection of domestic artefacts, seaside created by the Barrmill Conservation Group, the Barrmill & Community John Knox 1556, the Scottish reformers, both preached here as the church doors souvenirs, and photographs of old Largs and Australian connections; and Association and other volunteers, assisted by NAC Ranger Service. Features also were locked against them. Home of Lodge St Peter 331 for over a hundred archival material for researchers. Exhibition: Display of Shawls and details of include restored Dead Man’s Planting site of a 19th century cholera pit, wish years. Community garden. Museum: Display from Steven Brown Art/Lifestyle: Largs weavers; also Reference and Details of Foundation of Largs Museum and trees, wishing wells and doors to Elfhame. New raised beds area. Guided walks McCoo. Historical Society 50 years ago. at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. each day. Treasure Map competition. Traditional Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA4 8HU Open Saturday and Sunday 2 – 5 p.m. KA30 8AW Quoits games for children and adults. Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA15 1HW ©McAteer Skelmorlie Aisle G Within Auld Kirkyard, off Main Street, near Museum The Owl Cote WE G 1636 Renaissance-style canopied tomb within mausoleum to Montgomerie KILWINNING Middlefield Farm, near Darvel TV mast public road SANQUHAR family. Splendid painted barrel-vaulted timber ceiling. Owned by Historic Traditional style round tower built 2008/10 to provide nest site for wild barn Crawick Multiverse . Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Mausoleum in Kirkyard. Kilwinning Abbey Tower Heritage Centre W E G owls. Inner core re-uses recycled bricks from former lace factory. Displays of Open Saturday and Sunday 2 – 5 p.m. KA30 8AW Kilwinning Town Centre Industrial Heritage includes old bottles, Ayrshire bricks, local archaeology, Designed by David , completed 1816, and built on the foundations of geology and ecology. Clay building blocks from local Victorian water culvert. Clark Memorial Church W M G A T the NW tower of the 12th century Tironensian Abbey. Staffed by volunteers Narrow approach roads. Bath Street from Kilwinning Heritage. Displays on the Abbey, Robert Service ‘The Bard of Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA16 9LS T G Abercrombie, 1890-92. Impressive Early Gothic decorated style in red the Yukon’, the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and the papingo sandstone. Rich interior with hammerbeam roof, organ by Willis, stained glass competition dating from 1483, matchstick models and local history. Working DARVEL by C W Whall, Stephen Adam and Meikle & Sons. Service 10 a.m. clock mechanism 1816 by James Blair and two large bells on display. Guided Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA30 8BL tours up 143 steps to the roof for the best views of Ayrshire. Special display of Private Telephone Museum WR E G T archaeological investigation at Ryefield, Dalry, undertaken by members of 1 Burn Road, near the Turf Hotel St John’s Church WG A T KIlwinning Heritage during 2015-16. Bath Street Open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA13 6EG Private museum containing unique display of telephone memorabilia dating from early 1900s to the present. Housed within old bakehouse dating from Congregation dates from the Disruption of 1843. Building reconstructed late 1767, adjacent to the Matthew Burn Green, only remaining public green 19th century in French Romanesque style by Archibald J Grahame, his only in Darvel. monument, recently renovated. Fine stained glass by Douglas Strachan. IRVINE Open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA17 0AJ Service 10 a.m. Open Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA30 8BH Irvine Townhouse WR E G T Darvel Parish Church W R G T 66 High Street In centre of town, Hastings Square A71 After extensive renovation and restoration, the Townhouse has reopened to the Built in 1888, it is the only Church of Scotland congregation left in Darvel. The FAIRLIE public. Sitting at the heart of Irvine, the 1864 civic building is reincarnated as a interior has some fine stained glass, an elegant pulpit and a very fine 1908 NEWMILNS creative and cultural hub in North Ayrshire. Hosting art and heritage Forster & Andrew pipe organ. The new hall at the rear was completed in 1998. Fairlie Parish Church W R T exhibitions, family and local history resources, genealogy services and as a Open Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA17 0DR Owl Cote Built as a Chapel of Ease in 1834, and extended in 1883 by venue for civic events and weddings, the building has had new life breathed J J Stephenson. Superb windows by Alfred and Webster, J H Dearle, back into it. Visit this stunning building to see the renovation and learn about Morris, Powell and Moira Malcolm of . Pulpit by Bennet exhibited in its amazing journey through history. Blue badge parking at rear. Escorted tours KILMARNOCK 1888 Empire Exhibition. Weather vane is a model of ’s yacht design Latifa. start from foyer at 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Fairlie Stone, early medieval sculptured stone, 1578 ‘Breeches’ Bible, HMS Open Saturday 9.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 – 4.30 p.m. KA12 0AZ Kilmarnock Fire & Rescue Station W E G T Kingfisher memorial lost off Fairlie 1944. Time Line Book – 175 years of History. Campbell Street, Riccarton Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA29 0AD Wellwood Centre W ground floor only EG A T & Irvine Burns Club Fully operational with modern fire appliances, Ariel Rescue Platform and Major 28 Eglinton Street Incident Unit. Up to date training facilities and community safety education room, with 55 operational fire fighters. Built on the site of Riccarton Castle, Fascinating display of original Burns material and items of the Royal of PORTENCROS S birthplace of Alan Wallace, father of William Wallace. Irvine. Collection of holograph letters, including Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA1 4HL Cnan Doyle and Margaret Thatcher. Audio-visual display illustrating Burns’ life in Portencross Castle E A Irvine. Interesting glass in stairs and music room by Paul Lucky. Irvine Burns Built by Robert Boyd c.1360, and extended to form a tower with Club, founded 1826 and one of the oldest, has one of Scotland’s most significant Riccarton Parish Church and Graveyard W R G T five-storey wing. Robert II frequent visitor, signed charters here. Semi-ruinous, treasure troves. Barometer from Irvine Lifeboat Station. The Templeton chair 1 Old Street, Riccarton but major conservation project 2010 allows access to the interior, including taken to Australia 1909 recently returned. Landmark building standing on former Moot Hill. Category B listed, opened Great Hall with original vaulted ceiling and to the roof for spectacular views. Open Saturday 2 – 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA12 8AS 1825. Chancel added 1910 and beautiful War Memorial window 1919. Former Regret wheelchair access limited to ground floor cellar. minister, Rev. Alexander Moodie, mentioned by Burns in The Twa Herds and The Open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA23 9QA Irvine Old Parish Church W E G T Holy Fair, is buried in the Graveyard. Records on display; Slide Show of Old Kirkgate, off Hill Street Riccarton. Service 11.30 a.m. Open Sunday 1.30 – 4.30 p.m. KA1 4JZ Largely built 1774. Elegant steeple. Stained glass by W & J J Kier, with 1996 ARDROSSAN window by Susan Bradbury to commemorate 200th anniversary of death of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church W R G T Robert Burns, who worshipped here during his stay in Irvine. Churchyard has St Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church R Saturday WE T several noteworthy graves and memorials, some dating back to 1 Portland Road South Crescent Pre-Reformation. David Sillar is buried here, and one of the Mauchline Belles. Gothic church by James Wallace, 1856, with porch and magnificent chancel Hall designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1876. Chancel contains unique David Thomson, 1875, in Early English style, recently restored. Notable stained Designated Commonwealth Grave graveyard. Service 11 a.m. Pre-Raphaelite style painted walls and ceiling designed by Powell & Sons and glass by Clayton & Bell, L C Evetts, Crucifixion by J E W Guthrie, and Angel Open Sunday 1.30 – 4.30 p.m., tour of graveyard at 2.30 p.m. KA12 0DG Burlison & Grylls, described by Close & Riches thus: It is without parallel in Gathering Tulips by Harrington Mann; reredos paintings by William Hole. Ayrshire, and stands among the best examples of High Victorian church decoration Saturday car boot sale till 2 p.m., with tea room and crafts. Service 11.30 a.m. Scottish Maritime Museum WR E G T in Scotland. Stained glass by Powell & Sons, Clayton & Bell, and William Aikman. Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA22 8EA Gottries Road Pipe organ 1877, refurbished 1939. Communion Service on Sunday 10.30 a.m., Explore the vast Linthouse Building of 1872, the largest category A listed brick all welcome. building to be moved. The award winning museum tells the story of Scotland’s Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA1 1EQ KILBIRNIE Maritime History and those who helped shape shipbuilding across the world. Climb aboard the M V Kyles and step back in time with a tour of the 1920s shipyard worker’s tenement flat. Exhibition: Style at Sea. The Club R G T Stonyholm Mill W ground floor only R E G T Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. KA12 8QE 2 Dunlop Street In centre of Kilbirnie The Club is a private members’ club known locally as The Gentlemen’s Club, and Prominent Category B listed cotton mill complex established in 1831 and now Harbour Arts Centre WR E T mainly on 1st floor. It has been in existence since 1884, and contains many on the Buildings at Risk Register. In 1864 Dennyholm Mill took it over for flax Harbour Street original features including a large stained glass window and billiards room. No spinning. Latterly used for the manufacture of fishing nets and twine by W & J wheelchair access but there is a stair lift. Refreshments will be available. Guided Knox Ltd, some areas still being used for this purpose. The imposing structure is Multi-function arts centre with theatre, studio and gallery spaces, plus stylish tours only. a stark reminder of the rich and diverse industrial history of the town, and offers café bar and foyer, a cultural hub for North Ayrshire. Meet the tutors and learn Open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA1 2AW the potential to once again contribute to the social and economic vibrancy of about the range of classes, workshops and events that are held here. From kids’ Kilbirnie. The Regeneration of Stonyholm Mill is being part-funded by the classes to writing to life drawing, there is something for everyone. Scottish Government and European Community LEADER Programme 2014-20. Open Saturday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA12 8PZ DUNDONALD Indoor and outdoor activities; Visitors will be able to see inside the Mill and AYR imagine what it was like to work there. Guided tours and photographic Sheriff Court Dundonald Castle R E G T exhibition. Family friendly event with fun activities for children. Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA25 7DZ DUNLOP 14th century tower-house of Robert II, founder of the Stewart Dynasty. Impressive barrel-vaulted laigh hall above which is a stately Auld Kirk of Kilbirnie W R G T Dunlop Kirk WR G T upper hall with remains of elegant rib-vaulting. Gloomy prison with fireplace Dalry Road On an impressive site at the end of Main Street and latrine surmounts oubliette. Regret castle not fully accessible to wheelchair Category-B listed building of 1835 incorporating earlier work from 1621. users. Children must be accompanied. Visitor centre with café and exhibition First mentioned in 1127, with an almost unbroken list of incumbents since 1361. open till 5 p.m. Tea/coffee + scone or pancake £2.75 Doors Open Day ® special. Tower built 1490; Aisle built 1597 and Crawford Gallery 1642 with its unique Outstanding 26 stained glass windows, unusual in a rural village. Recent 4-year major restoration and refurbishment programme following outbreak of dry rot, Tea/coffee + cake £3.50 Doors Open Day ® special. woodwork and Armorials. C S S Johnston added northern extension 1903-05. Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. KA2 9HD Superb windows by Guthrie & Wells, James Ballantine, Gordon Webster and cost £¾M. Two important Category-A listed buildings adjacent: early 17th Arthur Spiers, and carved work make this one of the finest churches in Scotland. century Hans Hamilton’s Tomb for Dunlop’s first post-Reformation minister, and Clandeboye Hall (formerly village school) built to honour Hans Hamilton by one Sunday Service 11 a.m. SYMINGTON Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA25 6HY of his sons, Viscount Clandeboye. Splendid stained glass booklet £5. Service 11.30 a.m. Open Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA3 4AG Craigie Symington Parish Church W G T In centre of village, off A77 BEITH 12th century Norman with 18th century extension. Oldest church in Ayrshire STEWARTON still in use. Restoration by P McGregor Chalmers, 1919. Fine dog-toothed Former Townhouse W E G T three-light windows and collar-beam roof with original timbers. Fine stained Corner of The Strand and Eglinton Street. glass by Gordon Webster, Douglas Strachan and others. Recent restoration Stewarton Museum T work. Sunday Service 9.30 a.m. Classic Georgian building with attractive belfry, funded from public Avenue Square subscriptions and opened 1817. Ground floor reopened by Beith Cultural and Open Saturday and Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA1 5QP Heritage Society 2011, as an Information and Heritage Centre. Exhibition: This small but very interesting museum on the first floor of the Townhouse, is Celebrating Beith 1817 – 1917 Display on the History of the Townhouse 200 years the result of many years’ hard work dedicated to the life of Stewarton – the since the laying of the Foundation Stone. Bonnet Toun, and its people with access to local family history. Children SANQUHAR Guided walk of Historic Beith Saturday 11 a.m. welcome if accompanied by an adult, so come and try our children’s Quiz. DUNLOP Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA15 1DT Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA3 5AD Crawick Multiverse G T Dunlop Kirk B740, Sanquhar Auld Kirk and Kirkyard E G Discover Scotland’s stunning new artland attraction. Crawick Multiverse is a St Columba’s Parish Church W R G Beith Cross in town centre, 200 yards from Townhouse. world-class landscape designed by the renowned artist Charles Jencks. 1 Kirk Glebe, off Lainshaw Street On site of original parish church. A church was built c.1590 with later 18th Formerly an open-cast coal mine, a £1million restoration project saw the site Built 1696, renovated 1775 and widened 1825 with later additions. There is an century extensions. The 1590 church was demolished early 19th century when transformed from a blot on the landscape to a stunning attraction that can be unusual bell tower above the recently restored clock and a rare triangular a new church was built up the hill. Part of the 18th century extensions and enjoyed by many. Landforms represent stars, galaxies, black holes, comets and window. Lainshaw Loft is used by local Foodbank and to store furniture from belfry were retained with the burial ground, which contains some original more, so whether your interests lie in art, science, cosmology, landscapes, former Cairns Church which united with Laigh Kirk 1961 to form St Columba’s. gravestones. Plaque marks links with Rev John Witherspoon, a signatory to walking or simply enjoying the great outdoors, there is so much you can New and restored windows were installed for the Tercentenary in 1996. The the US Declaration of Independence, and Parish Minister in Beith 1745 – 57. discover at the Multiverse. Live music and dance performances between 11 a.m. building has been adapted for contemporary use whilst maintaining its classical Open Saturday 10.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. and 3 p.m. Guided tours for 10-15 people are available on this day through features. Sunday Service 11 a.m. pre-booking. See www.crawickmultiverse.co.uk, call 01659 502 242, or Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA3 5BU Beith Parish Church and Hall WR E G A T e-mail: [email protected] Kirk Road Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. DG4 6ET Built 1807-10 to replace the Auld Kirk and extended 1885. Gothic T-plan with prominent tall five-stage tower. Interior woodwork of note by craftsmen GALSTON employed in former local furniture industry. Imposing organ, stained glass by Gordon Webster, and items from former Trinity Church. Refreshments available Loudoun Kirk (HLF) W E G within the church, also exhibition from the archives and audio visual display of On side road off A719, opposite Park entrance views from the tower and other parts of Beith. Service 11 a.m. Recently restored 12th century Kirk. Partially restored by 3rd Marquess of Bute Exhibition: History of and Churches in Beith. in 1898. Covenanters’ graves, including Thomas Fleming, ancestor to Sir AUCHINLECK Open Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA15 1EX Alexander Fleming. The memorial to the tragic Lady Flora Hastings is prominent in the Kirkyard. Preservation work supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Auchinleck House Spier’s Old School Grounds W E G Historic Scotland and work with the Carved Stones of Scotland Association. On B706 Beith to Dunlop road – parking in grounds, Stewarded by the Friends of Loudoun Kirk. enter by second entrance in Barmill Road south east from junction with A737 Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA4 8PF Beith Bypass Site of locally endowed advanced school designed by James Sellars, opened Galston Parish Church W ground floor only R E M T 1888 and demolished in 1984. The landscaped grounds were laid out by the In town centre Earl of Eglinton’s head gardener. Since 2010, grounds sensitively restored by John Brash, 1809. Rectangular, with pedimented gable above its three front The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Friends of Spiers/Spiers Trust/North Ayrshire Council partnership. The restored doors, and round-headed windows. Vaulted chancel, 1912. U-shaped gallery, promotes architecture through publications and events. Coronation garden dating from 1953 was formally reopened in 2013. Wide 3-manual organ by James Binns of Leeds, 1913. Stained glass by Oscar Paterson. range of animal and plant species, including a specimen Dawn Redwood from Memorial to Rev Dr Robert , Minister 1824-78 during cholera epidemic The Festival of Architecture 2016, led by the Incorporation, China planted in 1953. The Ballochmyle red sandstone entrance gates and walls and inventor of the Stirling Engine. Memorial, ruined gravestone and resting on Barrmill Road continue to be listed. Guided walk from Spier’s Information place of Rev George Smith, Minister 1778-1823 and who was the great was a year-long, Scotland wide celebration of the RIAS' Panel 12.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Exhibition of photographs taken in former grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson and whose name crops up in three centenary. From 2017 on it will be an annual, month-long school and in restored grounds. Tree Trail leaflet. poems by Robert Burns. Covenanters’ Corner situated at south door entrance event, every September. Open Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. includes ruined original memorial stone to five Covenanters and its replacement stone, along with Andrew Richmond gravestone. Kilmarnock Patchwork and Quilting Society, and Art Club in attendance. Display of work by church Please check www.festivalofarchitecture.scot organisations. Items from the Robert Stirling Collection. Service 11 a.m. for further details of our events. Open Sunday after service till 4 p.m. KA4 8AL

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AYR Doors Open Days® in Scotland Seven Energy Saving Homes St Oswald’s Church WR E T Gaiety Theatre and Scottish Archaeology Month G T Cargill Road In conjunction with the Energy Saving Trust Green Homes Carrick Street The congregation was established in 1847 to serve English and Irish weavers Network The Gaiety Theatre, designed by local architect J McHardy Young, was built in who worked in the main industry of the town at that time. The current building, Take a peek beyond the keyhole in cosy homes across Ayrshire Almost all dates September 2017 1902. This category B listed building closed in 2009 and, after a huge campaign a small, simple, gothic style sandstone church was built in 1883 on land gifted throughout the first weekend in September. by the local community, reopened in December 2012 with Cinderella. The by the Cassillis Estate. Over recent years the church has undergone some 2 Inverness City and area theatre is now run as a charity by the Ayr Gaiety Partnership with the support of Here’s the perfect opportunity to have all your questions answered refurbishment which includes replacing some pews with chairs. Exhibition: over 100 volunteers. In 2016 the Gaiety underwent a £2.4 million refurbishment about what it’s like to live in an energy efficient home! Discuss the 2 & 3 Angus; Ayrshire; Perth & Kinross - Kinross-shire and History of St Oswald’s as we celebrate our 170th anniversary. pros and cons of renewable energy with homeowners who’ve had Strathearn; Renfrewshire which highlights the Art Deco and Edwardian heritage, with the Rococo style Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 12.30 – 4 p.m. KA19 8AF energy saving measures retro fitted and see for yourself the benefits Cherubs being of particular historic interest. 3 East Fife Pre-booked tours available from the Box Office, of solar hot water, solar PV technologies, biomass heating and air STAIR Tel: 01292 288 235 option 2 or www.thegaiety.co.uk source heat pumps. To visit the homes with the features that interest 9 East Dunbartonshire; ; – Black Isle, Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. KA7 1NU Stair Parish Church WR E G T you over the Doors Open Day ® Ayrshire weekend, please call to ; arrange an appointment with April Kilday on 01292 525 500 by East Renfrewshire; ; Aberdeen City; Perth & Ayr Town Hall G T Restrained Gothic built 1864 by architect William Alexander, in a lovely rural 12 noon on Friday 1 September. 9 & 10 Kinross – Highland and Eastern Perthshire; North In town centre setting, where a warm welcome awaits visitors. Early 20th century rose window with original drawings. Almost full birth and marriage records and full cemetery Find out more about all 7 participating properties at Lanarkshire; West Designed in Classical style by Thomas Hamilton of Edinburgh, 1827, at a cost of index plus other artefacts. Sunday Service 10 a.m. www.doorsopendays.org.uk £10,000, and refurbished in 2007. Elegant landmark steeple is 225 feet high. 10 Central Fife Open Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA5 5HW Lewis pipe organ dating from 1904 is one of the finest of its kind, and played LATE NEWS ITEM South Aberdeenshire – Lower Deeside, Kincardine and every Monday at 12 noon till the end of November. The Town Hall and other Stair Community Centre RE A T 16 Mearns; Highland – ; Highland rooms are used for events from concerts to civil marriages and partnership Trabboch Friday 8 September - ceremonies. See the creepy police cells. Formerly Stair School, c.1800-1969, the centre is now owned and run by Stair SKELMORLIE G ; Glasgow 11 – 17; Perth & Kinross – Perth City; Open Sunday 2 – 4.30 p.m. KA7 1JX 16 & 17 Community Association. You are invited to see how the building has changed Skelmorlie Secret Bunker Stirling; North Lanarkshire; Dundee over 200 years, and proposed future improvements. Heritage exhibitions Access by climbing down a 15ft vertical steel ladder. Warm clothing Tower of St John’s North Aberdeenshire – Port Soy, Banff Bruce Crescent relating to the old school, Trabboch village and the local area. Classroom set up and sensible shoes required. The first fully restored monitoring post 17 and playground games. and Fraserburgh; West Fife Remaining part of the original parish church of Ayr. The church, in its time the (built 1965) in Scotland following the 1991 stand-down of the ROC Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA5 5HT largest in Ayrshire, was cruciform in shape and the tower was perhaps added facilities that would have reported nuclear explosion and fall-out in 23 ; Orkney in the 14th century. In 1315 Robert the Bruce convened the Scottish Parliament the Firth of Clyde. Pre-booking essential. Tel: 07513 504 115 to reserve a place. – Helensburgh; ; in the church. Restored by J K Hunter for the 3rd Marquess of Bute in 1913-14. MAUCHLINE 23 & 24 WE G A T Open Friday 8 September, 12 noon – 6 p.m. Edinburgh A landmark to seamen, it offers magnificent panoramic views. Stout footwear Mauchline Parish Church required, supervised access. At junction of A76 and B743 in centre of village 30 & 1 Oct South Lanarkshire Saturday 9 September Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA7 1JJ Present church by William Alexander, 1829, stands on the site of St Michael’s Guided Walk of 18th and 19th century Ayr. Brexit, Banks and the Church founded in the 12th century. Single bell cast in 1742. Willis pipe organ Scottish Archaeology Month events are also taking place throughout Ayr Sheriff and J. P. Court WG T Founding Fathers - From a violinist reputed to be in league with the 1888, rebuilt 1980. Associated with Covenanters and Robert Burns, many of September. Wellington Square devil, actions that prompted a banking collapse, negotiations whose contemporaries are buried in the Kirkyard. Audio tours for children and For details of special events and happenings in your area, contact between two of America’s founding fathers and an Ayrshire estate Robert Wallace, 1818-22. Purpose built classical courthouse with majestic adults highlight special features of our church; also touch screen display of the Archaeology Scotland on Tel: 0300 012 9878 owner that could be the template for the Brexit talks, hear some of four-columned portico. Refurbished to provide two large jury courts, two small Heritage of our Parish. Sunday Service 11.15 a.m. E-mail: [email protected] Ayr’s forgotten stories. Meet Ken Nairn at 3 p.m. in Wellington non-jury courts and one civil court, witness and jury rooms, and custody area. Open Saturday and Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA5 5BU Interesting stained glass. Mini mock trial. Square on Saturday 9 September. Walk lasts 1 hr 45 mins. For full listings of events visit: Open Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. KA7 1EE AUCHINLECK Sunday 10 September www.scotttisharchaeologymonth.com Guided Walk: Kilmarnock Heritage Walk. Gary Torbett, past president Loudoun Hall EGT Auchinleck House T Through Boat Vennel from New Bridge Street or Hugh Watson of Kilmarnock Historical Society, leads a 90-minute Built c.1760 by Lord Auchinleck and inherited by his son James Boswell, walk round the historic centre of Kilmarnock, taking in the red Comfortable dwelling of James Tait, merchant who traded with Europe, first Kyle and Carrick biographer of Dr Johnson. Johnson visited the house in 1773. It is a fine sandstone Opera House, the impressive brick Johnnie Walker Bond, recorded in the late 15th century. Purchased in the 16th century as the town example of an 18th century Scottish country villa. Classical design strongly the stone marking the exact spot where the gallows stood at house of the Campbells of Loudoun, hereditary sheriffs of Ayr. Rescued from influenced by Adam. Fine pediment with elaborate detail and quote from Kilmarncok Cross and ‘No Name Lane’. Meet on Platform 1, Civic Society demolition by 4th Marquess of Bute and restored by Robert Hurd. Refurbished Horace about the contentment to be found in country life. Saved by the Kilmarnock Railway Station at 3 p.m. on Sunday 10 September. 1998. Displays by local voluntary groups that regularly use the building. Scottish Building Preservation Trust. Restoration completed by the Landmark Scottish Charity Number: SC0 14718 Tel: 01292 611290 Trust with splendid plasterwork and period furniture. Guests with limited Established in 1967, the Society Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA7 1JX mobility may be driven up to the house – please ask staff. KYLE AND CARRICK CIVIC SOCIETY campaigns to protect and improve the environment. It has a particular Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA18 2LR Winter Programme of Public Talks interest in the conservation of historic buildings, good design of new Ayr Baptist Church Centre WR E G A T 2 October – Neil Baxter, Secretary, RIAS – Scotstyle: buildings, protection of open space, the improvement of public Fort Street 100 years of Scottish Architecture transport and the encouragement Built 1817 as Theatre Royal later Queens Rooms Theatre. Used as Baptist Church 6 November – Ann MacSween, Head of Casework, of continued residential use of town centres. since 1880. Now a modern multi-purpose centre and Church with Baptistry, and HES – Historic Environment Scotland stained glass from . Refurbished 2004. Exhibition: The History of 4 December – Mark Gibson – Craigengillan Membership is open to all who support the Society’s aims. Details of its many activities and membership can be obtained by writing to the Baptist Church in Scotland. Sunday service 10.30 a.m. Two green properties are willing to open without appointment on 8 January – Tom Rees, Rathmell Archaeology – Ayr Riverside Block Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA7 1DE Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. so you can Stanley Sarsfield, 8 Ellisland Place, AYR, KA7 3EG. To join, send £10 5 February – Gareth Clingon, NTS – Transforming Culzean just show up and ask questions: cheque payable to ‘Kyle and Carrick Civic Society’. 5 March – Annual General Meeting – Speaker TBC Irvine Royal Academy, Irvine KA12 8SJ The talks are held in Loudoun Hall, Ayr on Mondays at 7.30 p.m. Copies of the Doors Open Day ® – Ayrshire – 2017 leaflet may be Fairview, 18 Reek Street, Beith KA15 2LG Visitors are always welcome. obtained from local libraries and tourist offices, or from the president, Michael Hitchon, MBE, 1 Barns Terrace, AYR, KA7 2DB on receipt of an SAE.