Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock

Palace Theatre in 2009
Photograph: 17 December 2009
Photographer:    ©M.Bailey

Designed by James Ingram in 1862-3 and extended by his son Robert Samson Ingram in 1886.

Description

A Red sandstone 2-storey building in the Italianate style, formerly the Corn Exchange Building.

13-bay elevation to Green Street; 9-bay elevation with later extension to London Road.

The highly decorative, tall Albert Tower at the angle. Banded rustication to ground floor; band course at 1st floor; regular fenestration of round-arched windows with keystones at 1st floor; bracketed cornice; panelled balustrade; urns surmounting central sections.