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SKELMORIE John Knox Church W T Spier’s Old School Grounds W E G 10 High Street On B706 Beith to Dunlop road – parking in grounds, enter by Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post Museum G second entrance in Barmill Road south east from junction with A737 Beith Opened 1841, this active evangelical church has a long history. In the small hall, Access by climbing down a 15ft vertical steel ladder. Warm clothing and Bypass view the Cradle Roll going back several decades. Sunday Service 11.15 a.m. Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA3 5BZ sensible shoes required. The first fully restored monitoring post (built 1965) in Site of locally endowed advanced school designed by James Sellars, opened following the 1991 stand-down of the ROC facilities that would have 1888 and demolished in 1984. The landscaped grounds were laid out by the reported nuclear explosion and fall-out in the Firth of Clyde. Tour lasting an hour Earl of Eglinton’s head gardener. Since 2010, grounds sensitively restored by restricted to six adults and teenagers. Friends of Spiers/Spiers Trust/North Ayrshire Council partnership. The restored GALSTON Open Sunday. Pre-booking essential. Tel: 07513 504115 to reserve a place. Coronation garden dating from 1953 was formally reopened in 2013. Wide range of animal and plant species, including a specimen Dawn Redwood from Kirk (HLF) W E G ©McAteer China planted in 1953. The Ballochmyle red sandstone entrance gates and walls On side road off A719, opposite Park entrance on Barrmill Road continue to be listed. Guided walk from Spier’s Information LARGS Recently restored 12th century Kirk. Partially restored by 3rd Marquess of Bute Panel 12.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Exhibition of photographs taken in former in 1898. Covenanters’ graves, including Thomas Fleming, ancestor to Sir school and in restored grounds. Largs M useum W E G A Alexander Fleming. The memorial to the tragic Lady Flora Hastings is prominent SANQUHAR Open Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Kirkgate House, Manse Court, off Main Street in the Kirkyard. Preservation work supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Crawick Multiverse Largs Museum presents a fine collection of domestic artefacts, seaside Historic Scotland and work with the Carved Stones of Scotland Association. souvenirs, and photographs of old Largs and Australian connections; and Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA4 8PF archival material for researchers. Exhibition: Photographs and artefacts to BARRMILL commemorate 175th anniversary of Largs Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Galston Church W ground floor only R E M T Open Saturday and Sunday 2 – 5 p.m. KA30 8AW Barrmill Park and Gardens W R E G A T In town centre Vale Grove and Vale View (Beechgrove) Gardens John Brash, 1809. Rectangular, with pedimented gable above its three front Skelmorlie Aisle G created by the Barrmill Conservation Group, the Barrmill & District Community doors, and round-headed windows. Vaulted chancel, 1912. U-shaped gallery, Within Auld Kirkyard, off Main Street, near Museum Association and other volunteers, assisted by NAC Ranger Service. Features also 3-manual organ by James Binns of Leeds, 1913. Stained glass by Oscar Paterson. 1636 Renaissance-style canopied tomb within mausoleum to Montgomerie include restored Dead Man’s Planting site of a 19th century cholera pit, wish Memorial to Rev Dr Robert Stirling, Minister 1824-78 during cholera epidemic family. Splendid painted barrel-vaulted timber ceiling. Owned by Historic trees, wishing wells and doors to Elfhame. Local History exhibition, general and inventor of the Stirling Engine. Memorial, ruined gravestone and resting Scotland. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Mausoleum in Kirkyard. information stalls and Balloon Race – small charge and prize for greatest place of Rev George Smith, Minister 1778-1823 and who was the great Open Saturday and Sunday 2 – 5 p.m. KA30 8AW distance travelled. Guided walks throughout each day. grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson and whose name crops up in three Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA15 1HW poems by Robert Burns. Covenanters’ Corner. Floral displays. Clark Memorial Church W M G A T Stirling Exhibition: The Inventor’s Ministry, Work, Legacy and Family plus NASA. Service 11 a.m. Songs of Praise. Bath Street Open Sunday 1 – 4 p.m.; Messy Church event Saturday 3.30 – 5.30 p.m. in T G Abercrombie, 1890-92. Impressive Early Gothic decorated style in red DALRY Hogg Hall. KA4 8AL sandstone. Rich interior with hammerbeam roof, organ by Willis, stained glass by C W Whall, Stephen Adam and Meikle & Sons. Service 10 a.m. St Margaret’s Parish Church W E T Barr Castle RE G A T Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA30 8BL The Cross In town centre A church has been on this site since c.1604. Present building by David Thomson An old Norman keep built by the Lockhart family after an invasion of St John’s Parish Church WG A T 1873, repaired after fire of 1951 destroyed roof and chancel. Stained glass by Anglo-Norman people in the 12th and 13th centuries. George Wishart 1545 and Bath Street Owl Cote Guthrie & Wells, Hemony bell c.1604, organ by Blackett & Howden rebuilt 1952 John knox 1556, the Scottish reformers, both preached here as the church doors Congregation dates from the Disruption of 1843. Building reconstructed late by Hill Norman & Beard. Service 10.30 a.m. were locked against them. Home of Lodge St Peter 331 for over a hundred 19th century in French Romanesque style by Archibald J Grahame, his only Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA24 5AE years. Community garden. Social Club will be showing audio visual display for monument, recently renovated. Fine stained glass by Douglas Strachan. wheelchair users. Service 10 a.m. Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA4 8HU Open Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA30 8BH KILWINNING NEWMILNS Kilwinning Old Parish Church W T FAIRLIE Main Street The Owl Cote WE G John Swan c. 1774. Simple T-plan. Attractive Eglinton Loft supported on Middlefield Farm, near Darvel TV mast public road Fairlie Parish Church W R T Corinthian columns. Stained glass by W & J J Kier, Stephen Adam, Abbey Studio, Traditional style round tower built 2008/10 to provide nest site for wild barn Built as a Chapel of Ease in 1834, and extended in 1883 by J J Sax Shaw and Paul Lucky. Foster & Andrew organ 1887. Wall tapestry and 800th owls. Inner core re-uses recycled bricks from former lace factory. Recording on Stephenson. Superb windows by Alfred and Gordon Webster, J H Dearle, Morris, anniversary window. Cole Hamilton screen. Service 10.30 a.m. display shows 2016 barn owl activities. Displays of Industrial Heritage includes Powell and Moira Malcolm of Prestwick. Pulpit by Bennet exhibited in 1888 Open Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA13 6AQ old bottles, Ayrshire bricks, local archaeology, geology and ecology. Clay Empire Exhibition. Weather vane is a model of Fife’s yacht design Latifa. Fairlie building blocks from local Victorian water culvert. Narrow approach roads. Stone, early medieval sculptured stone, 1578 ‘Breeches’ Bible, HMS Kingfisher Kilwinning Abbey Tower Heritage Centre W E G Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA16 9LS memorial lost off Fairlie 1944. Kilwinning Town Centre Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA29 0AD Designed by David Hamilton, completed 1816, and built on the foundations of DARVEL the NW tower of the 12th century Tironensian Abbey. Staffed by volunteers from Kilwinning Heritage. Displays on the Abbey, Robert Service ‘The Bard of Private Telephone Museum WR E G T PORTENCROS S the Yukon’, the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and the papingo 1 Burn Road, near the Turf Hotel competition dating from 1483, matchstick models and local history. Working Private museum containing unique display of telephone memorabilia dating clock mechanism 1816 by James Blair and two large bells on display. Guided Portencross Castle E A from early 1900s to the present. Housed within old bakehouse dating from tours up 143 steps to the roof for the best views of Ayrshire. AYR Built by Robert Boyd c.1360, and extended to form a tower with 1767, adjacent to the Matthew Burn Green, only remaining public green Open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA13 6EG Auld Kirk of Ayr detail of in Darvel. five-storey wing. Robert II frequent visitor, signed charters here. Semi-ruinous, stained glass window but major conservation project 2010 allows access to the interior, including Open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA17 0AJ Great Hall with original vaulted ceiling and to the roof for spectacular views. Mansefield Trinity Church WRG A T Regret wheelchair access limited to ground floor cellar. West Doura Way, Stevenson Road KILMARNOCK Open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA23 9QA The first Church of Scotland church built in the new millennium and dedicated in March 2001. Designed by James F Stephen, the building has a distinctive Kilmarnock Fire & Rescue Station W E G T round design, which creates a light and airy atmosphere. Floor-to-ceiling Campbell Street, Riccarton ARDROSSAN windows allow the church to be flooded with sunlight during services throughout the year. The building is multi-purpose and reflects current Fully operational with modern fire appliances, Ariel Rescue Platform and Major thinking, being open and accessible. Incident Unit. Up to date training facilities and community safety education St Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church R Saturday WE T Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA13 6DY room, with 55 operational fire fighters. Built on the site of Riccarton Castle, South Crescent birthplace of Alan Wallace, father of William Wallace. David Thomson, 1875, in Early English style, recently restored. Notable stained Mother Lodge No.0 and Museum E G T Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA1 4HL glass by Clayton & Bell, L C Evetts, Crucifixion by J E W Guthrie, and Angel 99 Main Street Gathering Tulips by Harrington Mann; reredos paintings by William Hole. The Mother Lodge was founded in Kilwinning c.1140. Present building DUNDONALD Saturday car boot sale till 2 p.m., with tea room and crafts. Service 11.30 a.m. consecrated 1893. Masonic and other artefacts, some dating back to the early Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA22 8EA 17th century. Portraits, furnishings and transcriptions of Lodge Minute Book of Dundonald Castle R E G T 1600. Marble tablet with names of members killed in WWI, including Brother 14th century tower-house of Robert II, founder of the St Peter in Chains R C Church W T Harry Sherwood Ranken VC, and Roll of members who fought in the Great War. Stewart Dynasty. Impressive barrel-vaulted laigh hall above which is a stately 1 South Crescent Road Open Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA13 6AW upper hall with remains of elegant rib-vaulting. Gloomy prison with fireplace Category A Church designed by Jack Coia and T Wharnett Kennedy, 1938, and latrine surmounts oubliette. Regret castle not fully accessible to wheelchair AYR in red and yellow brick with a red tiled roof, rectangular tower and a simple, users. Children must be accompanied. Visitor centre with café and exhibition Sheriff Court impressive interior. New stained glass by Lighthouse Glass of Irvine. IRVINE open till 5 p.m. Tea/coffee + scone or pancake £2.75 Doors Open Day ® special. Parish Centre added 1997; the Presbytery rebuilt 2006. Services Saturday Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. KA2 9HD 10 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; Sunday 10.30 a.m. Open Saturday and Sunday 11am – 5 p.m. KA22 8DU Harbour Arts Centre W R E T 114-116 Harbour Street SYMINGTON Exhibition: Courtyard Studios Artists. Demonstrations: Saturday The Harbour SALTCOATS Knitters and Bear Necessities 2 - 4 p.m., The HAC’s Big Top Circus, juggling and plate Craigie Symington Parish Church W G T spinning, 2 – 4 p.m.; Sunday David Reid, portrait painter, 10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.; In centre of village, off A77 Alison Thomas, painter in oils, 1.30 – 3.30 p.m. Also Sunday The McDougalls 12th century Norman with 18th century extension. Oldest church in Ayrshire North Ayrshire Heritage Centre W E G T sing-a-long interactive half hour show, 12 noon, 1 and 2 p.m. still in use. Restoration by P McGregor Chalmers, 1919. Fine dog-toothed Manse Street Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. KA12 8PZ three-light windows and collar-beam roof with original timbers. Fine stained Former Parish Church built 1773. Here Ancestry, Artefacts and Archives come glass by Gordon Webster, Douglas Strachan and others. Recent restoration together to illustrate the rich history of North Ayrshire. Whether your interests Irvine Old Parish Church W E G T work. Sunday Service 10.30 a.m. lie in family history, local history or exhibitions, there is a wealth of resources for Kirkgate, off Hill Street Open Saturday and Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA1 5QP everyone to explore and enjoy. Fine mediaeval stone sarcophagus, portrait of Largely built 1774. Elegant steeple. Stained glass by W & J J Kier, with 1996 13th Earl of Eglinton. Exhibition: Making Faces, portraits from the NAC window by Susan Bradbury to commemorate 200th anniversary of death of collection, Magic in the Nursery. Robert Burns, who worshipped here during his stay in Irvine. Churchyard has SANQUHAR Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. KA21 5AA several noteworthy graves and memorials, some dating back to Pre-Reformation. David Sillar is buried here, and one of the Mauchline Belles. Crawick Multiverse Saltcoats Town Hall WG T G T Designated Commonwealth Grave graveyard. Service 11 a.m. B740, Sanquhar 18 Countess Street Open Sunday 1.30 – 4.30 p.m., tour of graveyard at 2.30 p.m. KA12 0DG Discover Scotland’s stunning new artland attraction. Crawick Multiverse is a Town House and Steeple opened 1826 and Town Hall 1892. Once housed the world-class landscape designed by the renowned artist Charles Jencks. town jail, a cinema, civic functions and weddings until closed in 2009. Recently Scottish Maritime Museum WR E G T Formerly an open-cast coal mine, a £1million restoration project saw the site refurbished at a cost of £3.77 million and open for Doors Open Day. See the Gottries Road transformed from a blot on the landscape to a stunning attraction that can be main hall and the Betsy Miller room on a guided tour of the building. Explore the vast Linthouse Building of 1872, the largest category A listed brick enjoyed by many. Landforms represent stars, galaxies, black holes, comets and ARDROSSAN Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA21 5HW building to be moved. The award winning museum tells the story of Scotland’s more, so whether your interests lie in art, science, cosmology, landscapes, St Peter in Chains R C Church Maritime History and those who helped shape shipbuilding across the world. walking or simply enjoying the great outdoors, there is so much you can Climb aboard the M V Kyles and step back in time with a tour of the 1920s discover at the Multiverse. Guided tours for 10-15 people are available on this KILBIRNIE shipyard worker’s tenement flat. Exhibition: George Wyllie: The Paper Boat. day through pre-booking. See www.crawickmultiverse.co.uk, call 01659 502 Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. KA12 8QE 242, or e-mail: [email protected] Auld Kirk of Kilbirnie W R G T Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. DG4 6ET Dalry Road First mentioned in 1127, with an almost unbroken list of incumbents since 1361. DUNLOP Tower built 1490; Aisle built 1597 and Crawford Gallery 1642 with its unique woodwork and Armorials. C S S Johnston added northern extension 1903-05. Dunlop Kirk WR G T Superb windows by Guthrie & Wells, James Ballantine, Gordon Webster and On an impressive site at the end of Main Street Arthur Spiers, and carved work make this one of the finest churches in Scotland. Category-B listed building of 1835 incorporating earlier work from 1621. Sunday Service 11 a.m. Outstanding 26 stained glass windows, unusual in a rural village. Recent 4-year Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA25 6HY major restoration and refurbishment programme following outbreak of dry rot, cost £¾M. Two important Category-A listed buildings adjacent: early 17th century Hans Hamilton’s Tomb for Dunlop’s first post-Reformation minister, and BEITH Clandeboye Hall (formerly village school) built to honour Hans Hamilton by one of his sons, Viscount Clandeboye. Splendid stained glass booklet £5. Service Former Townhouse W E G T 11.30 a.m. Corner of The Strand and Eglinton Street. Open Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. AUCHINLECK Classic Georgian building with attractive belfry, funded from public Mactaggart & Mickel Homes is one of Scotland’s best subscriptions and opened 1817. Ground floor reopened by Beith Cultural and Auchinleck House Heritage Society 2011, as an Information and Heritage Centre. Exhibition: Beith STEWARTON loved family builders. Handcrafting homes for more than in photographs. Guided walk of Historic Beith Saturday 11 a.m. 90 years, the company combines heritage and tradition Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA15 1DT Stewarton Museum T with innovation. Quality is at its very foundation and Avenue Square many customers come back for their second and even Auld Kirk and Kirkyard E G This small but very interesting museum on the first floor of the Townhouse, is Beith Cross in town centre, 200 yards from Townhouse. third Mac & Mic home, testament to the standard of build, the result of many years’ hard work dedicated to the life of Stewarton – the attention to detail and first class customer service. On site of original parish church. A church was built c.1590 with later 18th Bonnet Toun, and its people. century extensions. The 1590 church was demolished early 19th century when Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA3 5AD a new church was built up the hill. Part of the 18th century extensions and Mactaggart & Mickel Homes belfry were retained with the burial ground, which contains some original has developments throughout gravestones. Plaque marks links with Rev John Witherspoon, a signatory to St Columba’s Parish Church W R G Ayrshire and the west as well the US Declaration of Independence, and Parish Minister in Beith 1745 – 57. 1 Kirk Glebe, off Lainshaw Street as across Edinburgh. From Open Saturday 10.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. Built 1696, renovated 1775 and widened 1825 with later additions. There is an unusual bell tower above the recently restored clock and a rare triangular idyllic villas with coastal views Beith Parish Church and Hall WR E G A T window. Lainshaw Loft is used by local Foodbank and to store furniture from to contemporary apartments Kirk Road former Cairns Church which united with Laigh Kirk 1961 to form St Columba’s. near the hustle and bustle of Built 1807-10 to replace the Auld Kirk and extended 1885. Gothic T-plan with New and restored windows were installed for the Tercentenary in 1996. The the city, there is a home for building has been adapted for contemporary use whilst maintaining its classical prominent tall five-stage tower. Interior woodwork of note by craftsmen everyone employed in former local furniture industry. Imposing organ, stained glass by features. Sunday Service 11 a.m. Gordon Webster, and items from former Trinity Church. Refreshments available Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA3 5BU within the church, also exhibition from the archives and audio visual display of views from the tower and other parts of Beith. Service 11 a.m. Open Sunday 12.45 – 4 p.m. KA15 1EX Visitor sites continued overleaf IRVINE Old Parish Church

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AYR GIRVAN Doors Open Days® in Scotland Seven Energy Saving Homes McKechnie Institute W ground floor only EG A T No. 125 Masonic Lodge ground floor only and Scottish Archaeology Month W G T 40A Dalrymple Street In conjunction with the Energy Saving Trust Green Homes Fullarton Street Scottish Baronial landmark building by McKissock & Rowan, Glasgow, 1888 from Network Lodge St James Newton on Ayr consecrated 1771 and moved here to former bequest of local merchant, Thomas McKechnie, the Institute houses an Arts and The perfect opportunity to have all your questions answered about Newnham School for Girls 1931. See Souter Johnnie’s Masonic Apron and other Museum Centre run by South Ayrshire Council. Ailsa Craig display and Bronze what it’s like to live in an energy efficient home! Discuss the pros and All dates September 2016 artefacts including fine stained glass windows. Age cinerary urns. Exhibitions: Open Art, Small World, Victorian Bedroom and cons of renewable energy with homeowners who’ve had energy Open Sunday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. KA7 1UB Victorian Sitting Room. saving measures retro fitted and see for yourself the benefits of solar Angus; Ayrshire; Renfrewshire Open Saturday 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA26 9AE 3 & 4 Auld Kirk of Ayr W ground floor only hot water, solar PV technologies, biomass heating and air source Access from High Street at Kirkport heat pumps. Seven homeowners are willing to welcome you to their East Fife Stumpy Tower W ground floor only E G 4 or River Walk. homes in Ardrossan, Ayr, Coylton, Cumnock, Girvan, Maybole, and In town centre the Isle of Arran. Aberdeen; East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Theophilus Rankine 1654. Successor church to mediaeval St John’s (at Bruce Erected 1825-27 to serve as jail with cells on first, second and third floors, all Inverclyde; Midlothian; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; Crescent), funded partly by one thousand merks to assist in building the new To visit the homes with the features that interest you over the Doors 10 & 11 barrel-vaulted. Following loss of adjoining McMaster Hall by fire in 1939 it is Kirk to succeed original, relinquished by Cromwellian army of occupation. Open Day ® Ayrshire weekend, please arrange an appointment West Lothian now free standing. Exhibits include paintings illustrating history of Girvan and Family church of Robert Burns, whose father was an elder. Fine interior with with Connor Heath on 01292 525 537 by 5pm on Friday 2 Robert the Bruce. Models dressed in period costume. 11 Central Fife original pulpit, stained glass and three notable lofts. Sunday Service 11 a.m. September. Open Saturday and Sunday 12noon – 4 p.m. KA26 9EU Open Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. KA7 1TT www.d oorsopendays.org.uk 17 Moray www.greenhomesopendays.org.uk Tower of St John’s STAIR Aberdeenshire; Dundee; Falkirk; Glasgow 12-18; Bruce Crescent Two homes are willing to open without appointment on 17 & 18 Stair Parish Church WR E G T Scottish Borders – Selkirk Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September between 10am and 4pm: Remaining part of the original parish church of Ayr. The church, in its time the Restrained Gothic built 1864 by architect William Alexander, in a lovely rural 18 West Fife largest in Ayrshire, was cruciform in shape and the tower was perhaps added Stevenson Hall, Girvan, KA26 9JG setting, where a warm welcome awaits visitors. Early 20th century rose window in the 14th century. In 1315 Robert the Bruce convened the Scottish Parliament Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Edinburgh; with original drawings. Almost full birth and marriage records and full cemetery Boswell Coach House, Auchinleck Estate, Cumnock, KA18 2NY in the church. Restored by J K Hunter for the 3rd Marquess of Bute in 1913-14. 24 & 25 Perth and Kinross index plus other artefacts. Sunday Service 10 a.m. A landmark to seamen, it offers magnificent panoramic views. Stout footwear Open Sunday 2 – 4 p.m. KA5 5HT required, supervised access. Sunday 4 September Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA7 1JJ Stair Community Centre RE A T Guided Walk of Old Ayr suitable for all ages and abilities arranged by Trabboch Ayr Renaissance. Meet at 3 p.m. at Fish Cross on Sunday 4 Ayr Sheriff and J. P. Court WG T Formerly Stair School, c.1800-1969, the centre is now owned and run by Stair September when Rosie Mapplebeck, will be your guide and story Wellington Square Scottish Archaeology Month events are also taking place throughout Community Association. You are invited to see how the building has changed teller. Robert Wallace, 1818-22. Purpose built classical courthouse with majestic over 200 years, and proposed future improvements. Heritage exhibitions September. four-columned portico. Refurbished to provide two large jury courts, two small relating to the old school, Trabboch village and the local area. Classroom set up For20 details & 21 of special events and happenings in your area, contact non-jury courts and one civil court, witness and jury rooms, and custody area. LATE NEWS ITEM and playground games. Archaeology Scotland on Tel: 0845 872 3333 Interesting stained glass. Mini mock trial. Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA5 5HT Ayr Gaiety Theatre Open Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. KA7 1EE E-mail: [email protected] After a £2.4 million makeover, The Gaiety’s doors are to open! You Loudoun Hall EGT MAUCHLINE are invited to the grand re-launch with guided tours of front of For full listings of events visit: house and backstage, a special film premiere with stars from Scottish Through Boat Vennel from New Bridge Street Mauchline Parish Church W E G T stage and screen and local famous faces, performances from AAOC, www.scotttisharchaeologymonth.com Comfortable dwelling of James Tait, merchant who traded with Europe, first At junction of A76 and B743 in centre of village APOS, Ayr Fort Players and a VIP Community Champion Opening. It’s recorded in the late 15th century. Purchased in the 16th century as the town Present church by William Alexander, 1829, stands on the site of St Michael’s an event you will not want to miss! house of the Campbells of Loudoun, hereditary sheriffs of Ayr. Rescued from Church founded in the 12th century. Single bell cast in 1742. Willis pipe organ demolition by 4th Marquess of Bute and restored by Robert Hurd. Refurbished 1888, rebuilt 1980. Associated with Covenanters and Robert Burns, many of Pre-booked tours available from the Box Office, 1998. Displays by local voluntary groups that regularly use the building. whose contemporaries are buried in the Kirkyard. Service 11.15 a.m. Tel: 01292 288 235 or www.thegaiety.co.uk Tel: 01292 611290 Open Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. KA5 5BU Open Saturday 10 September, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Kyle and Carrick Open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA7 1JX National Burns Memorial Tower E Civic Society Kilmarnock Road Saturday 10 September Ayr Baptist Church Centre WR E G A T Guided Walk of 18th and 19th century Ayr. Brexit, Banks and the Scottish Charity Number: SC0 14718 Fort Street The 67ft tower in Scots baronial style was designed by William Fraser and completed in 1898 as a memorial to the poet in the place where he first rose to Founding Fathers - From a violinist reputed to be in league with the Built 1817 as Theatre Royal later Queens Rooms Theatre. Used as Baptist Church Established in 1967, the Society fame. It houses limited displays and excellent views of Ayrshire and is now open devil, actions that prompted a banking collapse, negotiations since 1880. Now a modern multi-purpose centre and Church with Baptistry, and campaigns to protect and improve the to the public by appointment. between two of America’s founding fathers and an Ayrshire estate stained glass from Glenapp Castle. Refurbished 2004. Exhibition: Church History environment. It has a particular interest in the conservation of historic Open Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA5 5LQ owner that could be the template for the Brexit talks, hear some of and Adaptability to Changing Social Needs. Sunday service 10.30 a.m. Ayr’s forgotten stories. Meet Ken Nairn at 3 p.m. at the top of buildings, good design of new buildings, protection of open space, the Open Saturday and Sunday 12 noon – 4 p.m. KA7 1DL Wellington Square on Saturday 10 September. AUCHINLECK improvement of public transport and the encouragement PRESTWICK Sunday 11 September of continued residential use of town centres. Auchinleck House T Guided Walk: Kilmarnock Heritage Walk. Gary Torbett, past Ayrshire Bridge Centre WR A T Built c.1760 by Lord Auchinleck and inherited by his son James Boswell, Membership is open to all who support the Society’s aims. Details of president of Kilmarnock Historical Society, leads a 90-minute walk 4 The Riggs biographer of Dr Johnson. Johnson visited the house in 1773. Good example its many activities and membership can be obtained by writing to round the historic centre of Kilmarnock, taking in the red sandstone One of the few privately owned Bridge venues in Scotland. Seven clubs use the of 18th century villa. Classical design strongly influenced by Adam. Fine Opera House, the impressive brick Johnnie Walker Bond, the stone Stanley Sarsfield, 8 Ellisland Place, AYR, KA7 3EG. To join, send £10 venue during the week. There are also classes, information on which will be pediment with elaborate detail and quote from Horace about the contentment marking the exact spot where the gallows stood at Kilmarncok Cross cheque payable to ‘Kyle and Carrick Civic Society’. available on the day. Join us if you want to find out a little more about this to be found in country life. Saved by the Scottish Building Preservation Trust. and ‘No Name Lane’. Meet on Platform 1, Kilmarnock Railway Station fascinating game. Restoration completed by the Landmark Trust with splendid plasterwork and Copies of the Doors Open Day ® – Ayrshire – 2016 leaflet may be at 3 p.m. on Sunday 11 September. Open Saturday 10.30 a.m – 4 p.m. KA9 1BD period furniture. obtained from local libraries and tourist offices, or from the president, Open Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. KA18 2LR Michael Hitchon, MBE, 1 Barns Terrace, AYR, KA7 2DB on receipt of an SAE.