Historic Scotland - Stewarton

HBNUM: 41071 ITEMNO: 11
Group with Items: Map Ref: NS 42177 45444 CAT: CCS) 12 KIRKFORD Group Cat.:
Date of Listing: 03-JUL-1980
DESCRIPTION:
Dated 1781. Single-storey and attic 3-bay cottage with pair of later, canted
bay dormers. Painted rubble with droved margins. Rubble boulder base course, moulded
eaves. Steps lead to slightish:.set recessed part-glazed timber entrance door with 1781
date incised to lintel Single window opening to left, bipartite opening to right.
Predominantly 4-pane and plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey
graded slates. Small roof light.
REFERENCES:
1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1854-8. John R Hume, Vernacular
Building in Ayrshire, 2004, p ll.
NOTES:
Dating from 1781, this single-storey cottage is rare and early survivor in
Stewarton. Long, low, single-storey cottages would have been typical of the area at the
end of the 18th century. In the later part of the 18th century, Stewarton was primarily a
weaving town, well-known for its bonnet industry. Much of the weaving would have taken
place in cottages such as this. The asymmetrical arrangement of the street
elevation, with a wider bay to the left here. This not unusual for Ayrshire and
probably indicates that the larger of the rooms was set aside for weaving.
Although there were likely to have been many similar cottages in Stewarton,
many of these have now been extended or altered.
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