Old Men's Hut, Howard Park, Kilmarnock

Single storey square pavilion with open veranda and later enclosed addition to rear. Deep red brick base course with half-timbered, harled and painted upper section. Iron columns with timber brackets. E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: half-timbered elevation with in-filled brick door surround to centre, recessed wing to left with central door, recessed blind wing to right; open veranda to length of elevation.

No original glazing, now in-filled with brick. Later timber doors to rear additions. Piended grey slate roof with overhanging splayed eaves, terracotta ridge tiles with arched scrolled finials. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods, gutters attached to barge boarding.

The park was formerly part of the grounds of Kilmarnock House. Lord Howard De Walden gave the land to the town in 1894. The Old Men's Hut and Park Keeper's House were built as part of the improvements by the Dowager Lady Howard De Walden. Originally, the hut's veranda was open to each elevation with benches, but the extension to rear has altered the fenestration and lost part of the veranda. The Old Men's Hut is currently behind high metal railings and is used as a store (2002). (Historic Scotland)

February 2010: External inspection finds that the building appears vacant but in good repair.

5 November 2014: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously.