Wallace Tower, Ayr

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Wallace Tower, Ayr
Wallace Tower, Ayr

By renowned architect Thomas Hamilton (Edinburgh), 1830-2 (tower), John Mercer, 1886 (shops). 4-stage Tudor-Gothic tower with 2-storey, 4-bay Tudor-Jacobean extension to High Street and 2-storey, 5-bay extension to Mill Street. Polished ashlar. Four-centred open battered arches to three elevations, 2-leaf timber door to NE elevation at 1st stage. Deep-splayed 4-light windows above dividing band course at pilaster buttressed 2nd stage; deep-splayed 3-light tracery windows; canopied niche containing statue of Wallace to SW elevation; dividing corbelled band course. Corbelled clock with stepped hoodmoulds at 3rd stage; octagonal angle buttresses carried up to crenellated finials. Octagonal 4th stage rising from parapet with pointed merlons; long louvred belfry openings; quatrefoil panels; crenellated parapet and flagpole.

115ft in height, the tower is one of a series of Wallace monuments built throughout Scotland in the 19th century. Statue of Wallace, by James Thom, who executed a replica for Lord Gray's seat of Kinfauns Castle, Perth.

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Taken on: May 15, 2023
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Camera: Sony ILCE-7, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 55mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Sony ILCE-7
Lens: FE 55mm F1.8 ZA
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Contrast: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 19.0 (Macintosh)
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