Borderline Theatre, Main Street, Ayr
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- AYR, MAIN STREET, [ FORMER] DARLINGTON PLACE CHURCH
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- HS Reference No 21658
General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Borderline Theatre
Other Name(s)
Darlington Place U.P. Church (Former)
Address
Main Street, Ayr
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
4370
Listing Category
B
OS Grid Ref
NS 33760 22256
Location Type
Urban
HS Reference No
21658
Description
3-bay, gabled, rectangular-plan church with turreted SE angle tower and hall to rear. Coursed, squared sandstone. Lancet windows. Leaded windows. Grey slate roof (banded fish-scale work to tower); stone skews.
Converted from a church to a theatre. Occupies a prominent siting at the N section of the New Bridge. Architects also designed Ayr Academy in Fort Street (Historic Scotland).
Converted from a church to a theatre. Occupies a prominent siting at the N section of the New Bridge. Architects also designed Ayr Academy in Fort Street (Historic Scotland).
Building Dates
1860; additions 1897
Architects
Clarke and Bell, additions John Arthur
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Fair
Category of Risk
Low
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
05/11/2009, 08/03/2012, 11/9/2014
Development History
July 2009: The Ayrshire Post reported that Borderline Theatre company were to close and that they could not afford to occupy the building any longer.
November 2009: External inspection suggests the building is vacant. There is little evidence to suggest that the building has received recent maintenance. Local planners confirm that the building has been disused for some time.
March 2012: Local planners report that Ayr Building Preservation Trust is undertaking an Options Appraisal for the building.
11 September 2014: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously. Some vegetation growths are evident to downpipes and within the forecourt of the church. Several window panes are broken.
4 September 2020: A member of the public notes a community group is working towards establishing the former church as an arts venue, The Iris, for Ayr.
Guides to Development
Conservation Area
Planning Authority Contact
PAC Telephone Number
01292 616352
Availability
Current Availability
Not Available
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Unverified see FAQ on ascertaining ownership
Type of Ownership
Unknown
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Ordnance Survey map, 1896 (evident); AYR ADVERTISER (30.8.1860); Dean of Guild, Box 7, Plan 19, 1897 (information courtesy of Robert Close); FH Groome ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, Vol 1 (1882), p99; William Dodd "Ayr: A Study of Urban Growth" in AYRSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, Vol 10 (1972), p348; Rob Close AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN (1992), p29; Dane Love PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AYR (1995), pp15, 59, 109; M Glendinning, R MacInnes and A MacKechnie A HISTORY OF SCOTTISH ARCHITECTURE (1996), p561; NMRS Photographic Archive (AY/2419).
Online Resources
Classification
Churches and Chapels
Original Entry Date
19-JAN-10
Date of Last Edit
04/09/2020
