Seagate Evangelical Church, West Portland Street, Troon

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 14/04/1971 Local Authority South Ayrshire Planning Authority South Ayrshire Burgh Troon NGR NS 31958 30919 Coordinates 231958, 630919 — Circa 1847 with later additions and alterations. 4-bay, rectangular plan church with symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical frontispiece to street (recessed at centre); single storey, single bay addition to outer right; modern hall at rear. Coursed, painted render; contrasting painted dressings. Raised base course; cill course at 1st floor; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; blocking course. Narrow strip quoins; painted margins; pilastered entrance; projecting cills at ground. Harled side elevations; polished dressings. NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; surrounding doorpiece comprising stop chamfered pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in flanking bays; boarded timber opening in flat-roofed addition to outer right. NE AND SW (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: regularly fenestrated in all bays. Opaque, border-glazed windows to West Portland Street; small-paned glazing to NE elevation; stained glass to SW. Grey slate piended roof to frontispiece; pitched hall at rear; replacement rainwater goods. INTERIOR: modernised. Columnar supports to 3-sided boarded timber gallery accessed from vestibule (stone-treaded stair). Original timber pews in gallery; replacement chairs at ground. Modern timber dado boarding; replacement doors; false ceilings; plain cornices. — Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Erected by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, the building was sold to former trustees in the late 19th century and later used as a public hall (see Ordnance Survey map, 1909). In

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.