Maybole Conservation Area Management and Maintenance Plan prepared for South Ayrshire Council b y Wylie Shanks Architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary .................................................................................................. 5 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Who wrote the Plan? ............................................................................................. 7 2.2 Who participated and who was consulted? ........................................................ 7 2.3 Scope of the Plan .................................................................................................. 8 2.4 Methodology .......................................................................................................... 8 2.5 Links to other planning work including Activity Plan ......................................... 9 2.6 Gaps in Plan and limitations .............................................................................. 11 2.7 Other documents to be read with the plan ........................................................ 11 3.0 Understanding the heritage ................................................................................... 13 3.1 Description of the heritage ................................................................................. 13 3.2 Historical Summary ............................................................................................. 17 3.3 Principal Historical / Archaeological Elements of Maybole ............................. 18 3.4 Current Conservation Area Assessment ........................................................... 19 3.5 Townscape Analysis ........................................................................................... 19 3.6 Glossary of Architectural Features .................................................................... 23 3.7 How the heritage is currently looked after ........................................................ 27 4.0 Statement of Significance ...................................................................................... 28 5.0 Risks and Opportunities ........................................................................................ 30 6.0 Management Guidelines ......................................................................................... 34 7.0 Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP) ........................................................ 41 8.0 Adoption and Review ............................................................................................. 42 9.0 Bibliography ............................................................................................................ 43 10.0 Appendices ............................................................................................................. 45 A Historical Chronology ............................................................................................ 46 B Maybole Springs and Streets ............................................................................... 111 C Questionnaire ........................................................................................................ 115 D Site Analysis ......................................................................................................... 120 E Management and Maintenance Plan (MAMP) ...................................................... 125 2 Maybole Conservation Area Management Plan wylie shanks architects Adopted 24th July 2018 Figure 1 The High Street / Town Centre Character Area .................................................... 14 Figure 2 Town Green Character Area ................................................................................. 15 Figure 3 Culzean Road / Barns Terrace Residential Character Area .................................. 15 Figure 4 The Medieval Collegiate Church ........................................................................... 16 Figure 5 Building Significance ............................................................................................ 19 Figure 6 Building Usage ..................................................................................................... 20 Figure 7 Commercial Usage ............................................................................................... 21 Figure 8 Public Realm ........................................................................................................ 21 Figure 9 Getting Around ..................................................................................................... 22 Figure 10 Roofscape. ......................................................................................................... 23 Figure 11 Dormers. ............................................................................................................ 24 Figure 12 Cast Iron Rainwater Goods. ............................................................................... 24 Figure 13 Stonework. ......................................................................................................... 25 Figure 14 Timber Sash and Case Windows ........................................................................ 26 Figure 15 Storm Doors. ...................................................................................................... 26 Figure 16 Decorative Ironwork. ........................................................................................... 27 Figure 17 The Welltrees Spout, Ladywell Road .................................................................. 46 Figure 18 The Wee Spoot, Coral Glen ................................................................................ 47 Figure 19 Collegiate Church at Maybole, 1789 ................................................................... 48 Figure 20 Aerial photograph of collegiate church and old burying ground, 2011 ................. 48 Figure 21 Maybole Castle, 1845-52 .................................................................................... 50 Figure 22 High Street Showing Old Pump .......................................................................... 51 Figure 23 Maybole Castle, late-1800s & Figure 24 Maybole Castle, 1941 ......................... 51 Figure 25 John Knox’s House ............................................................................................. 52 Figure 26 The Townhouse or Tolbooth ............................................................................... 53 Figure 27 Whitehall looking south, 1904 ............................................................................. 53 Figure 28 Whitehall looking north, n.d. ............................................................................... 54 Figure 29 Blaeu, 1654, Caricta Borealis vulgo, The northpart of Carrick ............................. 54 Figure 30 General Roy's Map of the 1750s ........................................................................ 57 Figure 31 Armstrong, 1775, A New Map of Ayrshire ........................................................... 59 Figure 32 2 School Vennel and 82 High Street ................................................................... 59 Figure 33 1-2 Greenside ..................................................................................................... 60 Figure 34 33 Castle Street .................................................................................................. 60 Figure 35 The Welltrees Inn, Welltrees Street .................................................................... 61 Figure 36 18-19 Greenside ................................................................................................. 61 Figure 37 10 Greenside ...................................................................................................... 62 Figure 38 Barns House ....................................................................................................... 62 Figure 39 31 Whitehall........................................................................................................ 63 Figure 40 9 Whitehall & Figure 41 1-7 Whitehall ................................................................ 63 Figure 42 Bank of Scotland ................................................................................................ 64 Figure 43 55-59 High Street ............................................................................................... 64 Figure 44 1-5 Kirkland Street ............................................................................................... 65 Figure 45 4 Kirkland Street ................................................................................................. 65 Figure 46 6 Kirkland Steet .................................................................................................. 65 Figure 47 8-10 Kirkland Street ............................................................................................ 66 Figure 48 2-6 Castle Street ................................................................................................ 66 Figure 49 The Auld Greenside Schule ................................................................................ 67 Figure 50 High Street and Maybole Castle, 1904 & Figure 51 Cassillis Road looking west. 69 Figure 52 Cassillis Road looking east. ................................................................................ 69 Figure 53 14 Cassillis Road & Figure 54 16-18 Cassillis